Lemonia dumi

Lemonia dumi
	Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Brahmaeidae
Genus:	Lemonia
Species:	L. dumi
Binomial name
	Lemonia dumi; (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
	Phalaena dumiLinnaeus, 1761; Phalaena dumetiLinnaeus, 1767; Lemonia luteornataKlemensiewicz, 1912; Lemonia dumi ab. sauberiWarnecke, 1923; Lemonia schleppnikiLoebel, 1934;

Last updated August 18, 2025

Lemonia dumi is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).^[1] It is found in scattered populations in Central Europe.

The wingspan is 45–65 mm. The moth flies from October to November depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Hieracium and Taraxacum species.

References

↑ Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236

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[1] Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236

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