Biology:Lymantica

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lymantica
Lymantria dispar MHNT Fronton Male.jpg
Lymantria dispar
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Lymantica

Collenette, 1936

Lymantica is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1936.[1]

Taxonomy

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms give this name as a synonym of Lymantria Hübner, [1819].[2][3] Afromoths lists it as a full genus with the species below.

Species listed by Afromoths

  • Lymantica arrheta (Collenette, 1959)
  • Lymantica canariensis (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Lymantica castaneostriata (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Lymantica cidariensis Kühne, 2010
  • Lymantica hypobolimaea (Collenette, 1959)
  • Lymantica leucophaes (Collenette, 1936)
  • Lymantica malgassica (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Lymantica phaeosericea (Mabille, 1884)
  • Lymantica pruinosa (Butler, 1879)
  • Lymantica radiata Griveaud, 1977
  • Lymantica rufofusca (Mabille, 1900)
  • Lymantica suarezia (Mabille, 1898)
  • Lymantica velutina (Mabille, 1879)
  • Lymantica xanthosoma (Saalmüller, 1884)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6708118 entry