| Lymantica | |
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| Lymantria dispar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
| 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.
Taxonomy
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms give this name as a synonym of Lymantria Hübner, . 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
- 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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