Pachypasa otus

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Pachypasa otus
Pachypasa otus

Pachypasa otus

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Huckling (Lasiocampidae)
Subfamily : Pinarinae
Genre : Pachypasa
Type : Pachypasa otus
Scientific name
Pachypasa otus
( Drury , 1773)

Pachypasa Otus is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of clucking (Lasiocampidae).

features

The species reaches a wingspan of 70 to 95 millimeters (males) or 100 to 120 millimeters (females), making it the largest species of chicken found in the Palearctic . The males have yellowish-gray, long-feathered antennae , the comb teeth of which become sharply shorter from the middle towards the tip. The head, neck collar and epaulettes are yellow-brown, the thorax and abdomen are light yellow-brown. The forewings are light gray-brown and, especially on the front and inner edges, have scales of purple-gray. In the middle, the forewings have a pointed, very deeply jagged violet-brown transverse band and an equally colored, wavy submarginal band. Between these, the middle field is noticeably lighter in color, as is the wing base color near the outer edges of the bandages. The wide wing hem is whitish gray. The hind wings are evenly colored light red-gray, the wing veins are a little darker. The females are significantly larger and have a plump build. Their antennae are only briefly toothed. The forewings are noticeably less whitish-gray and appear much darker. The hind wings are dark gray-brown in the submarginal area. The basic color of the moths is variable, the purple-gray scale is also differently pronounced.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed from Sicily and southern Italy to Istria and Dalmatia , Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania and across Asia Minor to Iraq and the southeast of Iran. It mainly inhabits the coastal area and lives in dry forests and steppe heaths. The species is widespread, but only occurs sporadically.

Way of life

The adults fly from June to September. The caterpillars feed on cypress trees ( Cypressus ), juniper ( Juniperus ) and Thuja occidentalis . They should also be able to be fed with downy oak ( Quercus pubescens ).

Economic use

The cocoon of this type was used in ancient times to produce the koic silk ( coa vestis ) named after the island of Kos .

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Josef J. de Freina, Thomas J. Witt: Noctuoidea, Sphingoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea . In: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic . 1st edition. tape 1 . EFW Edition Research & Science, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-926285-00-1 , p. 379 f .
  2. ^ Walter Hatto Gross : Coa vestis. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1235.

literature

  • Josef J. de Freina, Thomas J. Witt: Noctuoidea, Sphingoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea . In: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic . 1st edition. tape 1 . EFW Edition Research & Science, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-926285-00-1 .

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