Natural history of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New insights in relation to climate change
Andrea Battisti
(1)
,
Mustafa Avci
(2)
,
Dimitrios N. Avtzis
(3)
,
Mohamed L. Ben Jamaa
(4)
,
Laura Berardi
(1)
,
Wahiba Berretima
(5)
,
Manuela Branco
(6)
,
Gahdab Chakali
(7)
,
Moulay Ahmed El Alaoui El Fels
(8)
,
Brigitte B. Frerot
(9)
,
Jose A. Hodar
(10)
,
Irina Ionescu-Mălăncuş
(11)
,
Stig Larsson
(12)
,
Traian Manole
(11)
,
Zvi Mendel
(13)
,
Nicolas Meurisse
(14)
,
Plamen Mirchev
(3)
,
Nabil Nemer
(15)
,
Maria-Rosa Paiva
(16)
,
Juan Pino
(17)
,
Alex Protasov
(13)
,
Noureddine Rahim
(7)
,
Jérôme Rousselet
(18)
,
Helena Santos
(6)
,
Daniel Sauvard
(18)
,
Axel Schopf
(19)
,
Mauro Simonato
(1)
,
Annie Yart
(18)
,
Mohamed Zamoum
(20)
1
Unipd -
Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua
2 Süleyman Demirel University
3 Forest Research Institute
4 INRGREF - Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts
5 ENSA - École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie [Alger]
6 ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne
7 Département de zoologie agricole et forestière
8 UCA - Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech]
9 iEES - Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
10 UGR - Universidad de Granada = University of Granada
11 Research and Development Institute for Plant Protection
12 Department of Ecology
13 Department of Entomology
14 New Zealand Forest Research Institute
15 AUB - American University of Beirut [Beyrouth]
16 NOVA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon
17 Independent
18 URZF - Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière
19 BOKU - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Vienne, Autriche]
20 INRF - Institut National de Recherche Forestière
2 Süleyman Demirel University
3 Forest Research Institute
4 INRGREF - Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts
5 ENSA - École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie [Alger]
6 ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne
7 Département de zoologie agricole et forestière
8 UCA - Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech]
9 iEES - Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
10 UGR - Universidad de Granada = University of Granada
11 Research and Development Institute for Plant Protection
12 Department of Ecology
13 Department of Entomology
14 New Zealand Forest Research Institute
15 AUB - American University of Beirut [Beyrouth]
16 NOVA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon
17 Independent
18 URZF - Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière
19 BOKU - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Vienne, Autriche]
20 INRF - Institut National de Recherche Forestière
Manuela Branco
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Jérôme Rousselet
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- ORCID : 0000-0001-9237-6096
- IdRef : 167769081
Daniel Sauvard
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : daniel-sauvard
- ORCID : 0000-0001-8045-2522
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Résumé
It 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 are protected against vertebrate predators by urticating setae.