Thaumetopoea pinivora, the eastern pine processionary, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1834. It is found in southeast and central Europe and Asia Minor.

Thaumetopoea pinivora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Thaumetopoea
Species:
T. pinivora
Binomial name
Thaumetopoea pinivora
(Treitschke, 1834)

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The moths are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on Pinus species.

Sources

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  • P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
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