''Gastropacha quercifolia'', the lappet, is a
moth of the family
Lasiocampidae. It is found in Europe and east across the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
to Japan.
The
wingspan is 50–90 mm. Meyrick describes it thus - forewings with 9 to termen; red-brown, with purple-bluish gloss, towards costa blackish-mixed, dorsally ferruginous; first, second, and praesubterminal lines blackish-grey, waved, bent near costa; a blackish-grey discal mark; termen waved-dentate. Hindwings as forewings, but lines indistinct, straight, costal area ferruginous, with about six blackish pseudoneuria; 8 connected with cell by long bar. Larva dark grey or brown; whitish dorsal marks on 3 and 4; 2nd and 3rd incisions deep indigo-blue; a prominence on 1 2; a subspiracular series of tubercles and fringe of pale hairs.
[ Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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The larvae feed on ''
Crataegus
''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae–Cornacea ...
'', ''
Prunus spinosa'',
willow and
oak.
Subspecies
*''Gastropacha quercifolia quercifolia''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''Gastropacha quercifolia mekongensis''
de Lajonquière, 1976
*''Gastropacha quercifolia thibetana''
de Lajonquière, 1976
References
External links
Lappet at ''UKMoths''''Lepiforum.de''
Lasiocampidae
Moths described in 1758
Moths of Japan
Moths of Africa
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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