Telochurus recens

Telochurus recens, the scarce vapourer, is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae found in Europe. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. The wingspan is 35 to 40 millimetres (1.4–1.6 in) for the males; the females are wingless. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, such as Crataegus and Salix species. This species has commonly been placed in the genus Orgyia but molecular analyses support its exclusion from that genus, and placement in the genus Telochurus.^[1]

Caterpillar

Telochurus recens
Male (top) and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Telochurus
Species:	T. recens
Binomial name
Telochurus recens (Hübner, 1819)
Synonyms
Phalaena gonostigma Linnaeus, 1767 (Unav.) Gynaephora recens Hübner, 1819 Orgyia recens (Hübner, 1819) Notolophus gonostigma Swinhoe, 1923 Orgyia approximans Butler, 1881 Notolophus approximatus Swinhoe, 1923 (misspelling) Orgyia recens f. nigrescens Lempke, 1959 (Unav.) Orgyia recens f. fusca Lempke, 1959 (Unav.) Orgyia recens f. delineata Lempke, 1959 (Unav.)