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Pachypasa limosa is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in southern France, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.

Pachypasa limosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Pachypasa
Species:	P. limosa
Binomial name
Pachypasa limosa (de Villiers, 1827)
Synonyms
Pachypasa powelli Oberthür, 1916 Pachypasa intermedia Rothschild, 1917 Pachypasa souresi Chnéour, 1955 Pachypasa lineosa (Villiers, 1826)

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

Recorded food plants include Cupressus and Juniperus species.

Sources

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

External links

• Lepiforum.de

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