''Dendrolimus'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Lasiocampidae The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...

. The genus was erected by

Ernst Friedrich Germar Ernst Friedrich Germar (3 November 1786 – 8 July 1853) was a German professor and director of the Mineralogy, Mineralogical Museum at Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly ...

in 1812.

Species

Species include: * ''

Dendrolimus arizanus ''Dendrolimus arizanus'' is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in Taiwan. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 77 ...

'' (Wileman, 1910) * ''

Dendrolimus kikuchii ''Dendrolimus'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812. Species Species include: * ''Dendrolimus arizanus'' (Wileman, 1910) * '' Dendrolimus kikuchii'' Matsumura, 1927 * ''Dendr ...

'' Matsumura, 1927 * ''

Dendrolimus pini ''Dendrolimus pini'', the pine-tree lappet, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in most of Europe ranging to eastern Asia. The wing ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Dendrolimus punctatus ''Dendrolimus'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812. Species Species include: * '' Dendrolimus arizanus'' (Wileman, 1910) * '' Dendrolimus kikuchii'' Matsumura, 1927 * '' Den ...

'' (Walker, 1855) * ''

Dendrolimus spectabilis ''Dendrolimus spectabilis'', the pine moth or ''matsukareha'' in Japan, is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. Distribution It is found in Japan. Host plants and damage The Japanese straw mats named '' komomaki'' were created to protect pine tre ...

'' (Butler, 1877) * ''

Dendrolimus superans ''Dendrolimus superans'', also called the white-lined silk moth, Sakhalin silk moth, Japanese hemlock caterpillar, Siberian silk moth, Siberian moth, Siberian conifer silk moth, Siberian lasiocampid or larch caterpillar, is a moth of the family La ...

'' (Butler, 1877) * ''

Dendrolimus taiwanus ''Karenkonia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Shōnen Matsumura was a Japanese entomologist. Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shōnen Matsumura established Japan's first course on entomology at Hokkaido U ...

'' (Matsumura, 1932)

References

External links

* * Lasiocampidae Moth genera {{Lasiocampidae-stub