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Orgyia aurolimbata (Guinée, 1835)


Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female cocoon with hatched imago inside, staying there (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: For copulation, the male bores itself into the female cocoon with the head first, until the abdomen is free to copulate. Afterwards the male bores out again (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Oviposition within the cocoon, which had been opened artificially (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female and eggs (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Eggs in the artificially opened cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Eggs in the artificially opened cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Half-grown larva (east Pyrenees, Col de Puymorens, 2000m asl, late July 2013) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (e.l. east Pyrenees 2013) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (e.l. east Pyrenees 2013) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (e.l. east Pyrenees 2013) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (e.l. east Pyrenees 2013) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larva (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [M] Orgyia aurolimbata: Cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Male pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Female pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, larvae found in late June 2025) [S] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat in the French east Pyrenees (Col du Puymorens, late July 2013) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [N] Orgyia aurolimbata: Larval habitat (Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, late June 2025) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on dwarf shrubs like Calluna and brooms.

Habitat:
Orgyia aurolimbata inhabits heathland and slopes with brooms, pastures rich in dwarf shrubs and similar sites up to at least 2100m.

Life cycle:
The larvae develop between April and July/early August (according to altitude). I recorded still half-grown larvae in 2000m asl in the French east Pyrenees in late July 2013 and fully-grown larvae in the Spanish Sierra de Gredos between 1000 and 2000m in late June 2025. The larvae mostly lived on Genista bushes up to 2 metres height. The moths are on the wing especially between June and early September.

Remarks:
Orgyia aurolimbata occurs locally especially in the mountains of the north and west of the Iberian Peninsula and just reaches the French eastern Pyrenees.


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Genera
(Lymantriidae)

 
 
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