Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Khalaim, Ye. V., 2022, Catalogue Of The Heteroceran Moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Metaheterocera) Of Odesa Region Of Ukraine. Part 1. Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Brahmaeidae, Lasiocampidae, Thyrididae & Drepanidae, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 7

Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Shugurov, 1905; Romaniszyn, 1920; Ermolenko, 1999; Duz’, 2007;

Anonymous, 2022 b, c; Mykytynets, 2022 a; Yakovliev, 2022 a.

Material. Savran’, 04.08.2004, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Podilsk, 19.07.2004, 1 spec., 13– 15.08.2010, 2 spec. (Khalaim); Borshchi, 28.05.2011, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Trudomyrivka, 21.08.2021, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Severynivka, 23.08.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko, Trotsenko); Troits’ke, 23.07.2010, 1 spec., 03.08.2016, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Hradenytsi, 22.05.2011, 1 spec., 29.04.2012, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Mayaky, 09.07.2009, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Yas’ky, 16.08.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Mushinskiy); Kotovskogo, e.l., 24.07.2004, 1 spec. (Skupyi); Odesa, 19.08.2014, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 2 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Budaki Lagoon, 04.07.2010, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Vesela Dolyna, 14.08.2021, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Kavurka); Vylkove, 19.07.2012, 1 spec., 19.08.2013, 2 spec., 03– 15.08.2014, 5 spec., 04– 09.08.2015, 1 spec., 11– 13.08.2015, 1 spec., 08.08.2016, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Zhebriansky ridge, 11.07.2020, rare, 29.08.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy) .

It is widespread throughout the Region and one of the most common sphinx moth species in the Dniester and Danube deltas ( Fig. 31). Bivoltine. Imagoes occur from late April to late August.