Lemonia philopalus is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 It is found from Spain up to Egypt and North Africa.
The wingspan is . The moth flies from October to February depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Hieracium and Sonchus species.
Subspecies Lemonia philopalus philopalus Lemonia philopalus vasquezi Oberthür, 1916
Sources
P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
External links Lepiforum.de