Saturniidae Saturniinae Saturniini Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia Saturnia (Eudia) spini
Saturnia (Eudia) pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763)
 

Genus: Saturnia Schrank, 1802   Subgenus: Eudia Seitz, 1911   Original genus: Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (species):
   ligurica Weismann, 1876
   meridionalis Calberla, 1887

This species has been separated from Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) by Huemer & Nässig (2003) for several reasons, particularly because of F1 hybrid infertility (of females and of most males) between the two, consistent differences in wing markings and differences in genitalial morphology

S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Manziana (Roma), Italy, May 1991
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Bosco di Foglino (Roma), Italy, March 2002
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Manziana (Roma), Italy, May 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Diego Reggianti)
Larva, Tolfa (Viterbo), Italy, May 17, 2001
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Manziana (Roma), Italy, June 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larvae (first instar), Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (second instar), Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Eudia) pavoniella (© Anna Rita Maotini)
Larva (second instar), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, May 18, 2004
(Photo by Anna Rita Maotini)

Foodplants:
Rubus, Prunus, Crataegus, Quercus, Carpinus, Betula, Salix, Erica, Vaccinium, Spiraea, Filipendula, Lythrum, Potentilla, Rosa, Calluna, Hippophae

To know more about:
A.R. Pittaway - Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic - Saturnia pavoniella page

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