- Source: Pachypasa otus
Pachypasa otus is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in southern Europe (including Italy, the Balkans, and Greece), Asia Minor, Armenia, Iraq, Iran and Israel.
The wingspan is 36–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.
Recorded food plants include Cupressus, Juniperus, Thuja occidentalis and Quercus pubescens.
It was the probable source for Roman coa vestis, wild silk textiles from the isle of Kos.
Sources
P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Coa vestis
- Pachypasa otus
- Pachypasa
- Coa vestis
- Wild silk
- List of Lepidoptera of Bulgaria
- List of Lepidoptera of North Macedonia
- List of Lepidoptera of Greece
- List of Lepidoptera of Albania
- List of moths of Russia (Geometroidea-Bombycoidea)
- List of moths of Italy (F-M)
