Lymantria mathura

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Lymantriidae

'The Tussock Moths are medium-sized moths, with wings that are most often brownish to grayish or white. They are often forest pests. Females are typically larger than males, and in some species the females'' wings are reduced to nubs or are nonfunctional. Both sexes have bipectinate antennae, and adult wingspan is 1.5-6.7 cm. Larvae are typically very hairy and usually have two anterior and two to three posterior long hair tufts. Stinging hairs are present in some species, such as the Browntail Moth. Larvae feed on foliage of many trees and shrubs but usually not on herbaceous plants . The Gypsy Moth is the most important of these forest pests in eastern North America.

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lymantria mathura aurora Butler

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lymantria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. antennata (Tussock Moth) · L. diehli (Asian Gypsy Moth) · L. dispar (Gypsy Moth) · L. dispar MNPV (Lymantria Dispar MNPV) · L. lunata (Luna Gypsy Moth) · L. mathura (Rosy Gypsy Moth) · L. monacha (Nun Moth) · L. nephrographa (Tussock Moth) · L. pelospila (Tussock Moth) · L. xylina (Casuarina Moth)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. Cotes and C. Swinhoe. Calcutta: Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1887-1889. url p. 155.
• A catalogue of the moths of India. Calcutta, Indian Museum, 1887. url p. 155.
• Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum / by C. Swinhoe. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1900. url p. 223.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 472.
• Moths / by G.F. Hampson. London: Taylor and Francis, 1892-1937. url p. 464.
• The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 156, p. 159.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url , p. 504, p. 644, p. 672, p. 739.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2971281
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-52636.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1038259

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=87&sci=Lymantriidae&com=Tussock Moths [back]

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