Natural history of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New insights in relation to climate change

Battisti, Andrea
Avci, Mustafa
Avtzis, Dimitrios N.
Ben Jamaa, Mohamed L.
Berardi, Laura
Berretima, Wahiba
Branco, Manuela
Chakali, Gahdab
El Alaoui El Fels, Moulay Ahmed
Frerot, Brigitte,
Hodar, Jose A.
Ionescu-Mălăncuş, Irina
Larsson, Stig
Manole, Traian
Mendel, Zvi
Meurisse, Nicolas
Mirchev, Plamen
Nemer, Nabil
Paiva, Maria-Rosa
Pino, Juan
Protasov, Alex
Rahim, Noureddine
Rousselet, Jérôme
Santos, Helena
Sauvard, Daniel
Schopf, Axel
Simonato, Mauro
Yart, Annie
Zamoum, Mohamed

Publication date

January 2015

Publisher

Editions Springer Editions Quae

Abstract

La partie est intégrée dans le Chapter 2: Natural history of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New insights in relation to climate changeInternational audienceIt is difficult to find a genus of Lepidoptera showing the high variability of life history traits observed in Thaumetopoea. There are typical summer feeding close to winter feeding species, and in one special case a recent switch has been detected even within one species, the pine processionary moth, indicating that the natural history traits are constantly evolving at a fast rate. There are species adapted to cold conditions of high mountains and high latitude close to truly Mediterranean and sub-desert region species. All species have gregarious behaviour as larva and ar...