Dicallomera pumila

Dicallomera pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Dicallomera
Species: D. pumila
Binomial name
Dicallomera pumila
(Staudinger, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Dasychira pumila Staudinger, 1881

Dicallomera pumila is a species of moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is known from Central Asia to Zaisan (in eastern Kazakhstan), the Kokshetau Mountains (in northern Kazakhstan) and the southern Ural Mountains (in Russia).

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The wings are widely triangular. The forewings are pale greyish brown irrorated with black scales. The hindwings are blackish-brown, but lighter in the basal part.[1] The males fly during the day from the second half of June to early August.

The food plants are unknown, but a mature larva was collected on a stem of Koeleria cristata. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 34 mm. The head, legs and prolegs are ash grey and the body is dark red with dorsolateral ash grey bands.

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