Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Saturnia pyri

Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

giant, great, emperor moth, peackcock

on broadleaved trees

Saturnia pyri

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 21.vi.2018 © Laurens van der Linde

Saturnia pyri

frontal

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Alnus; Fraxinus; Populus; Prunus mahaleb; Pyrus spinosa; Salix.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

parasitoids, predators

Pteromalus bifoveolatus.

references

Dapporto (1998a). Fritsch, Stangelmaier, Top-Jensen & Bech (2014a), Lepiforum (2021), Pyrgus (2021), Teobaldelli (2018a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a).

Last modified 18.vii.2023