Psilogaster loti (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
![Psilogaster loti: Male (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in late October 2013) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_3im2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Male (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in late October 2013) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Male (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in late October 2013) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_4im2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Male (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in late October 2013) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Female (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in October 2013) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_im2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Female (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in October 2013) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Female (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in October 2013) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_2im2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Female (e.l. N-Portugal, larva in October 2013) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_2rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_3rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_4rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_5rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_6rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_7rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_8rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_9rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_10rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_11rpe2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larva (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Cocoon (e.l. N-Portugal 2013/2014) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_kok2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Cocoon (e.l. N-Portugal 2013/2014) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Female pupa (e.l. N-Portugal 2013) [S]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_ppe2014.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Female pupa (e.l. N-Portugal 2013) [S]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_h2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_2h2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
![Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]](bilder1/lasiocampidae/loti_3h2013.jpg "Psilogaster loti: Larval habitat (N-Portugal, national park Peneda-Gerês, late October 2013) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on Cistaceae, especially Cistus sp.
Habitat:
Psilogaster loti inhabits dry and warm, Cistus-rich habitats, so especially the Mediterranean garrigue and open mountain slopes.
Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates. The moths occur in several generations. The larvae live more singly, openly and are very conspicuous on the low Cistus shrubs. I recorded many larvae in and around the national park Peneda-Gerês in northern Portugal in late October 2013.
Remarks:
Psilogaster loti occurs in the Iberian Peninsula and reaches locally the French east Pyrenees.
