Orgyia aurolimbata (QUENÉE 1835)

Patočka, J. & Turčáni, M., 2008, Contribution to the Description of Pupae of the Western Palaearctic lymantriids (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 901-920 : 907

Orgyia aurolimbata (QUENÉE 1835) ( figs 72-80 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:1 from France, museum Brussels.

P u p a: 12.3 4.0 mm, spindle-like, rounded anteriorly, strongly tapering and pointed caudad. Coloration rust brown, exuvia brighter, locally rust brown yellow. Fuzzy dark brown patterns e.g. on front and clypeus, on sides of labrum, near oculus, between venation of forewings, on legs, on notum, around spiracles, on verrucae and on subventral area of abdomen with setae. Sculpture fine at majority. Secondarily setae, especially numerous on notum and dorsum of abdomen fine, long bright yellow. Dorsum of abdominal segments 1-4 with groups of whitish scales in shape of club. Abdominal spiracles narrow with robust black frames and rims. Ventral part of head without setae. Labrum little tapering, rounded on corners and cut out caudad. Labium approximately 2 longer than labrum, this one barely extend beyond maxillae. These ones very clubbed and rounded to the end. Prothoracic coxae long, at the beginning with parallel margins, than tapering and pointed, these ones slightly shorter than antennae. Prothoracic legs relatively narrow and join to each other at short distance. These ones reach ends of antennae. Mesothoracic legs rather wide, pointed to the end and join to each at other rather long distance, this one shorter than on prothoracic coxae. Wide and round at the end antennae not to come close to each other. Forewings join to each other at longer distance, these ones pointed and their external margin concave. Forewings with conspicuous ribbing. Metathoracic legs concealed on examined pupa. Metanotum medium deep and roundly cut out, its frontal projections also rounded. Anal field narrow, irregular, steeply merges base of cremaster. Cremaster long, slender conical, rounded at the end, this one with fine sculpture. Only its base with individual tiny setae and its end with brush of scale-like, bent, narrow and pointed bright setae.

Larva feeds polyphagously on shrub-like growing broadleaf trees and also on herbs. O. aurolimbata occurs in France and Iberian peninsula.

Figures

Figs 72-84: (72-80) Orgyia aurolimbata; (81-84) Laelia coenosa. (72) pupa ventrally; (73, 81) labrum and vicinity (73 =, 81 =); (74, 82) metanotum, base of abdomen, left side (); (75) scale of dorsum of abdominal segment 1; (76) thoracic spiracle and vicinity; (77) scales from end of cremaster; (78, 83) end of abdomen ventrally (79 =, 84 =); (79) dorsally; (80, 84) laterally (80 =, 84 =).