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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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Thaumetopoeinae |
| 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.
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