Lasiocampidae Lasiocampinae Lasiocampini Eriogaster (Eriogaster) rimicola Lasiocampa (Pachygastria) trifolii
Lasiocampa (Lasiocampa) quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oak Eggar

Genus: Lasiocampa Schrank, 1802   Subgenus: Lasiocampa Schrank, 1802   Original genus: Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758

L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Roma, Italy, June 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Roma, Italy, June 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Manziana (Roma), Italy, June 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Brattforsheden (SW of Filipstad), Sweden, July 7, 1996
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Jan Pojda)
Adults (mating), Katowice, Poland, July 18, 2004
(Photo by Jan Pojda)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Anna Rita Maotini)
Larva, Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, May 16, 2004
(Photo by Anna Rita Maotini)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1992
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Benoit Martha)
Larva
(Photo by Benoit Martha, Arthropa Website)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)
Larva (third instar), Vivaro (Roma), Italy, March 2001
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Diego Reggianti)
Larva (third instar), Roma, Italy, January 2003
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Cocoon, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, June 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. (Lasiocampa) quercus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, July 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Foodplants:
Betula, Alnus, Salix, Populus tremula, Ribes, Rubus, Spiraea, Malus, Sorbus, Prunus, Trifolium, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium, Andromeda polifolia, Ledum palustre, Syringa, Lonicera xylosteum, Larix sibirica

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