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title: "Dennenprocessierups"
description: "Thaumetopoea pityocampa — Insecten en spinnen. The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pine-processionary-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dennenprocessierups

> Thaumetopoea pityocampa — Insecten en spinnen. The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests.

- Scientific name: *Thaumetopoea pityocampa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 14774
- Wikidata: [Q261025](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q261025)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61293](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61293)

## Names

- en: Pine Processionary-moth
- de: Pinien-Prozessionsspinner
- es: Procesionaria del pino
- fr: Processionnaire du Pin
- nl: Dennenprocessierups

## Countries with the most observations

ES (5299), FR (3074), PT (1589), IT (1564), GR (743), HR (186), CH (172), BG (91), TR (53), MA (32), DZ (29), SI (29)

## Summary

The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests. The species was first described scientifically by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775, though it was known to the ancients, with remedies described by Theophrastus, Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder. Its processionary behaviour was described in 1916 by the French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. It is one of the most destructive species to pines and cedars in Central…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_processionary

## Photo

![Dennenprocessierups](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pine-processionary-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Murielle Desrois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9679412

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pine-processionary-moth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).