Lymantica
| Lymantica | |
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| Lymantria dispar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Lymantriini |
| Genus: | 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lymantica Collenette, 1936". Afromoths. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Lymantria Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lymantria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
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