Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

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

Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

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

Tishchenkov, 2010; Suchkov, 2018.

Material. Kotovci, 13– 14.05.2013, 1 spec. (Leshchenko); Podilsk, 26.04.2002, 1 spec., 04.05– 03.06.2004, 2 spec., 03.05– 19.05.2005, 6 spec. (Khalaim); Borshchi, 28.05.2011, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Radialka, 07.05.2021, 1 spec. (Lapin); Kardamycheve, 02.05.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Lapin); Severynivka, 12.05.2019, 1 spec. (Mushinskiy, Sergienko); Rus’ka Slobidka, 13.05.19, 1 spec. (Sergienko, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy); Hradenytsi, 30.04.2007, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Avhustivka, 07– 08.05.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko); Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 2 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Pivdenne, 08.05.2016, common (Khalaim); Tatarbunary, 09.05.2020, 1 spec. (Goncharenko O.), Dyviziya, 19.05.2021, 1 spec. (Staroverova O.); Lebedivka forest , 10.07.2021, 1 larva (Bovda K.); Tuzly, 22.07.2021, 1 larva (Mironova K.): Vylkove, 02– 04.05.2013, common (Khalaim) .

Widespread and more or less common throughout the Region. It is found quite often in urban and rural areas ( Fig. 28). Univoltine. Moths are on the wing from late April to early June.