Odonestis pruni (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 : 6

Odonestis pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Duz’, 2007; Novitckiy, 2022 b.

Material. Kodyma, 17.06.2012, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Kotovci, 07.07.2010, 1 spec., 18– 19.07.2011, 1 spec. (Leshchenko); Savran’ forest , 18.07.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Pishchana, 20.08.2010, 2 spec. (Khalaim); Podilsk, 15.08– 06.09.2010, 3 spec. (Khalaim); Murovana, 20– 22.07.2006, 3 spec. (Khalaim, Skupyi), 08.08.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Frasino, 08– 09.07.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko, Kravchenko); Trudomyrivka, 21.08.2021, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Butsynivka, 17.08.2010, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Hradenytsi, 16.07.2008, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Troits’ke, 19.06.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Yas’ky, 20– 21.08.2011, 4 spec. (Demidovy) .

The species is common in the north of the Region and in the Dniester delta, but has not yet been found in the Danube delta ( Fig. 26). Apparently, two generations are developing in the Region. Adults fly from mid-June to early September.