Review Article

Skin Reactions to Pine Processionary Caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff

Table 1

Common urticarial Lepidoptera [15, 16]*.

Superfamily Family Species

Bombycoidea Saturniidae Hylesia sp.
Lasiocampidae Dendrolimus punctatus

Noctuoidea Arctiidae Hyphantria cunea
ā€‰Euproctis chrysorrhoea
LymantriidaeE. edwardsi
ā€‰E. similis

Zygaenoidea Megalopygidae Megalopyge opercularis
Colchlididae Sibine stimulea

Notodontidae Thaumetopoeidae T. pityocampa Schiff
T. pinivora Tr.
Thaumetopoea processionea L.

The urticarial agents are processionary caterpillars among Thaumetopoeidae moths among other families.