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Pavonia pavonia

Pavonia pavonia

Taxobox
name = Emperor Moth


image_caption = Emperor moth (male)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Saturniidae
genus = "Pavonia"
species = "P. pavonia"
binomial = "Pavonia pavonia"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Emperor Moth "(Pavonia pavonia)" is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus "Saturnia". It occurs throughout the Palearctic region and is the only member of its family to be found in the British Isles.

The male has a wingspan of about 60 mm with brown and white forewings marked with red and orange fascia and a bold black and orange eye-spot. The hindwings are orange with a similar eye-spot. The female is larger (wingspan about 80 mm) but less brightly coloured than the male, being generally grey and white but has all wings marked with eye-spots similar to the male.

The male flies rapidly during the day in April and May ref|flight_season, looking for the rather sluggish females, which usually only fly at night. The species inhabits a range of habitats but is most often associated with heathland and moorland.

The larva is black and orange at first, later becoming green with black rings and yellow and red spots. The commonest food plant is heather but the species has also been recorded feeding on a huge range of other plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a pupa within a fibrous cocoon.

# "The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range."

Recorded food plants

*"Alchemilla"
*"Alnus" - Alder
*"Arbutus" - Strawberry Tree
*"Betula" - Birch
*"Calluna" - Heather
*"Cornus" - Dogwood
*"Crataegus" - Hawthorn
*"Erica"
*"Fagus" - Beech
*"Filipendula" - Meadowsweet
*"Fragaria" - Strawberry
*"Fraxinus" - Ash
*"Hippophae" - Sea-buckthorn
*"Humulus" - Hop
*"Juglans" - Walnut
*"Lythrum" - Purple loosestrife
*"Malus" - Apple
*"Myrica gale"
*"Pistacia" - Terebinth
*"Populus" - Aspen
*"Potentilla"
*"Prunus"
*"Pyrus" - Pear
*"Quercus" - Oak
*"Rhamnus" - Buckthorn
*"Rosa" - Rose
*"Rubus"
*"Rumex"
*"Salix" -Willow
*"Sambucus" - Elder
*"Schinus" - Brazilian pepper
*"Sorbus"
*"Spiraea"
*"Ulmus" - Elm
*"Vaccinium"

Additional photos

Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe," 1986 (Reprinted 1991).

Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles," 1984.

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/saturniidae/saturniinae/saturnia/index.html#pavonia Emperor Moth at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera page]


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