''Lymantria'' is a genus of

tussock moth The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. They are widely distributed throughout

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

, and

Celebes Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archi ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1819.

Description

In the male, the palpi are porrect (extending forward) and hairy. Antennae with long branches. Forewings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle. Veins 7 to 10 are stalked, where vein 7 being given off further from the cell than vein 10. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Vein 6 and 7 from upper angle. In female, antennae serrate (tooth like on one side). Wings either fully developed or partially reduced or completely reduced to scales.

Species

The following species are included in the genus. *'' Lymantria aboleta'' Staudinger, 1896 *'' Lymantria akemii'' Schintlmeister, 189? *'' Lymantria albescens'' Matsumura, 1927 *'' Lymantria albimacula'' Wallengren, 1863 *''

Lymantria albolunulata ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria alexandrae'' Schintlmeister, 1994 *'' Lymantria ampla'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria antennata'' Walker, 1855 *''

Lymantria antica ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Walker, 1856 *''

Lymantria aomoriensis ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Matsumura, 1921 *''

Lymantria apicebrunnea ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Gaede, 1932 *''

Lymantria arete ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Fawcett, 1915 *''

Lymantria argyrochroa ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Collenette, 1935 *''

Lymantria arrheta ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Collenette, 1959 *''

Lymantria aryama ''Lymantria incerta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Palpi porrect (extending forward) and hairy. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) with long branches ...

'' Moore, 1859 *''

Lymantria ascetria ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Hübner, 1821 *''

Lymantria asiatica ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Vunkovskij, 1926 *''

Lymantria atala ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' C. Swinhoe, 1923 *''

Lymantria atemeles ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria atlantica'' Rambur, 1842 *'' Lymantria atra'' Linstow., 1907 *'' Lymantria aurora'' Butler, 1877 *'' Lymantria bantaizana'' Matsumura, 1933 *'' Lymantria barica'' Mabille, 1878 *'' Lymantria barisana'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria barlowi'' Schintlmeister, 1994 *'' Lymantria beatrix'' Stoll, 1790 *'' Lymantria bhascara'' Moore, 1859 *'' Lymantria binotata'' Mabille, 1880 *'' Lymantria bisextilis'' Toxopeus, 1948 *'' Lymantria bivittata'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria brotea'' Stoll, 1780 *'' Lymantria brunneata'' Kenrick, 1914 *''

Lymantria brunneiplaga ''Lymantria brunneiplaga'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. It is found in Sundaland and the Philippines. The wingspan is 48 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females. Larvae have b ...

'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Lymantria brunneoloma'' Pogue & Schaeffer, 2007 *'' Lymantria buruensis'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria caliginosa'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria canariensis'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria capnodes'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria carnecolor'' Moore, 1888 *'' Lymantria carneola'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria castanea'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria castaneostriata'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria ceballosi'' Agenjo, 1959 *'' Lymantria celebesa'' Collenette, 1947 *'' Lymantria chosenibia'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria chroma'' Collenette, 1947 *'' Lymantria concolor'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria conspersa'' Hering, 1927 *'' Lymantria costalis'' Walker, 1865 *'' Lymantria cryptocloea'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria curvifera'' Walker, 1866 *'' Lymantria daraba'' Wiltshire, 1952 *'' Lymantria demotes'' Collenette, *'' Lymantria destituta'' Staudinger, 1891 *'' Lymantria detersa'' Walker, 1865 *'' Lymantria dictyodigma'' Collenette, 1930 *'' Lymantria didymata'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria diehli'' Schintlmeister, 198? *''

Lymantria dispar ''Lymantria dispar'', also known as the gypsy moth or the spongy moth, is a species of Lepidoptera, moth in the family Erebidae native to Europe and Asia. ''Lymantria dispar'' is subdivided into several subspecies, with subspecies such as ''Ly ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 – gypsy moth *'' Lymantria disparina'' Hering, 1926 *'' Lymantria dissoluta'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Lymantria diversa'' Turner, 1936 *'' Lymantria doreyensis'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria dubia'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria dubiosa'' Aurivillius, 1894 *'' Lymantria dulcinea'' Butler, 1882 *'' Lymantria ekeikei'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *'' Lymantria elassa'' Collenette, 1938 *'' Lymantria epelytes'' Collenette, 1936 *'' Lymantria eremita'' Ochsenheimer, 1810 *'' Lymantria faircloughi'' Holloway, 1999 *'' Lymantria finitorum'' Collenette, 1931 *'' Lymantria flavicilia'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Lymantria flavoneura'' Joicey, 1916 *'' Lymantria formosana'' Matsumura, 1911 *'' Lymantria fuliginea'' Butler, 1880 *'' Lymantria fuliginosa'' Moore, 1883 *'' Lymantria fumida'' Butler, 1877 *'' Lymantria fumosa'' Saalmüller, 1884 *'' Lymantria fusca'' Leech, 1888 *'' Lymantria galinaria'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Lymantria ganaha'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Lymantria ganara'' Moore, 1859 *'' Lymantria ganaroides'' Strand, 1917 *'' Lymantria grandis'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria grisea'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria griseipennis'' Kozhanchikov, 1950 *'' Lymantria griseostriata'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria grisescens'' Staudinger, 1887 *'' Lymantria hadina'' Butler, 1881 *'' Lymantria harimuda'' Roepke, 1937 *'' Lymantria hemipyra'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria hilaris'' Voll., 1863 *'' Lymantria hollowayi'' Schintlmeister, 198? *'' Lymantria horishana'' Matsumura, 1931 *'' Lymantria horishanella'' Matsumura, 1927 *'' Lymantria hypobolimaea'' Collenette, 1959 *'' Lymantria ichorina'' Butler, 1884 *'' Lymantria idea'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria incerta'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria infuscata'' Okano, 1959 *'' Lymantria inordinata'' Walker, 1865 *'' Lymantria iris'' Strand, 1910 *'' Lymantria japonica'' Motschulsky, 1860 *'' Lymantria joannisi'' Le Cerf, 1921 *'' Lymantria kanara'' Collenette, 1951 *'' Lymantria kebeae'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *'' Lymantria kettlewelli'' Collenette, 1953 *'' Lymantria kinta'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria kobesi'' Schintlmeister, 1994 *'' Lymantria kolthoffi'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria komarovi'' Christoph, 1882 *'' Lymantria koreibia'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria kosemponis'' Strand, 1914 *'' Lymantria kruegeri'' Turati, 1912 *'' Lymantria lacteipennis'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria lamda'' Collenette, 1936 *'' Lymantria lapidicola'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 *'' Lymantria lateralis'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria lepcha'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria leucerythra'' Collenette, 1930 *'' Lymantria leucophaes'' Collenette, 1936 *'' Lymantria libella'' C. Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Lymantria loacana'' Semper, 1898 *'' Lymantria lucescens'' Butler, 1881 *'' Lymantria lunata'' Stoll, 1781 *'' Lymantria lutea'' Boisduval, 1847 *'' Lymantria lutescens'' Aurivillius, 1920 *'' Lymantria lygaea'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 *'' Lymantria maculata'' Semper, 1898 *'' Lymantria maculosa'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria malgassica'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria marginalis'' Walker, 1862 *'' Lymantria marginata'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria marwitzi'' Grumb., 1907 *'' Lymantria mathura'' Moore, 1865 *'' Lymantria matuta'' Bryk, 1949 *'' Lymantria maura'' Oberthür, 1916 *'' Lymantria melanopogon'' Strand, 1914 *'' Lymantria metarhoda'' Walker, 1862 *'' Lymantria metella'' Fawcett, 1915 *'' Lymantria micans'' Felder, 1874 *'' Lymantria microcyma'' Collenette, 1937 *'' Lymantria microstrigata'' Holloway, 1999 *'' Lymantria minahassa'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria miniata'' Grunb., 1907 *'' Lymantria minomonis'' Matsumura, 1933 *'' Lymantria minora'' van Eecke, 1828 *'' Lymantria mjobergi'' Aurivillius, 1920 *'' Lymantria modesta'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria moesta'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *''

Lymantria monacha ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 *'' Lymantria monoides'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria mosera'' H. Druce, 1898 *'' Lymantria mus'' Oberthür, 1916 *'' Lymantria narindra'' Moore, 1859 *'' Lymantria nebulosa'' Wileman, 1910 *'' Lymantria neirai'' Agenjo, 1959 *''

Lymantria nephrographa ''Lymantria nephrographa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the rainforests of the mid-east coast of Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ai ...

'' Turner, 1915 *'' Lymantria nesiobia'' Bryk, 1942 *'' Lymantria nigra'' Freyer, 1833 *'' Lymantria nigra'' Moore, 1888 *'' Lymantria nigricosta'' Matsumura, 1921 *'' Lymantria ninayi'' Bethune-Baker, 1910 *'' Lymantria nobunaga'' Nagano, 1909 *'' Lymantria novaguinensis'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *'' Lymantria nudala'' Strand, 1915 *'' Lymantria oberthuri'' D. Lucas, 1906 *'' Lymantria obfuscata'' Walker, 1865 *'' Lymantria obsoleta'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria oinoa'' Collenette, 1956 *'' Lymantria orestera'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria ornata'' Oberthür, 1923 *'' Lymantria ossea'' Toxopeus, 1948 *'' Lymantria pagon'' Holloway, 1999 *'' Lymantria panthera'' van Eecke, 1928 *'' Lymantria pelospila'' Turner, 1915 *'' Lymantria pendleburyi'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Lymantria phaeosericea'' Mabille, 1884 *'' Lymantria plumbalis'' Hampson, 1895 *'' Lymantria polioptera'' Collenette, 1934 *'' Lymantria polycyma'' Collenette, 1936 *'' Lymantria polysticta'' Collenette, 1929 *'' Lymantria postalba'' Inoue, 1956 *'' Lymantria postfusca'' C. Swinhoe, 1906 *'' Lymantria praetermissa'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria pramesta'' Moore, 1859 *'' Lymantria pruinosa'' Butler, 1879 *'' Lymantria pruinosa'' Hering, 1927 *'' Lymantria pulverea'' Pogue & Schaeffer, 2007 *'' Lymantria pusilla'' Felder, 1874 *'' Lymantria rhabdota'' Collenette, 1949 *'' Lymantria rhodina'' Walker, 1865 *''

Lymantria rhodopepla ''Lymantria'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description In the male, the pa ...

'' Felder, 1874 *'' Lymantria rosea'' Butler, 1879 *'' Lymantria roseicoxa'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria roseola'' Matsumura, 1931 *'' Lymantria rosina'' Pagenstecher, 1900 *'' Lymantria rubroviridis'' Hering, 1917 *'' Lymantria rufofusca'' Mabille, 1899 *'' Lymantria rufotincta'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria russula'' Collenette, 1933 *'' Lymantria rusticana'' Hering, 1927 *'' Lymantria sakaguchii'' Matsumura, 1927 *'' Lymantria semicincta'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria serva'' Fabricius, 1793 *'' Lymantria servula'' Collenette, 1935 *'' Lymantria sinica'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria subfusca'' Schulz., 1910 *'' Lymantria subpallida'' Okano, 1959 *'' Lymantria subrosea'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria sugii'' Kishida, 1986 *'' Lymantria superans'' Walker, 1855 *'' Lymantria takasagonis'' Matsumura, 1933 *'' Lymantria todara'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria tsushimensis'' Inoue, 1956 *'' Lymantria umbrifera'' Wileman, 1910 *'' Lymantria umbrina'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria umbrosa'' Butler, 1881 *'' Lymantria uxor'' Saalmüller, 1884 *'' Lymantria variegata'' Kenrick, 1914 *'' Lymantria vinacea'' Moore, 1879 *'' Lymantria xylina'' C. Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Lymantria yunnanensis'' Collenette, 1933

References

* Ingram, R. (2010): ''Gypsy Moths (''Lymantria'' spp.) Surveillance in Australia''. DAFF mimeograph. * Pogue, Michael G. & Schaefer, Paul W. (2007): ''A Review of Selected Species of ''Lymantria'' Hübner,

819 __NOTOC__ Year 819 ( DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithard ...

(Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) from Subtropical and Temperate Regions of Asia, Including the Descriptions of Three New Species, Some Potentially Invasive to North America''. * Schintlmeister, Alexander (2004). ''The Taxonomy of the Genus ''Lymantria'' Hübner,

(Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)''.

External links

* *
"''Lymantria'' Hübner, 1819"
''Fauna Europaea''. Retrieved March 24, 2020. * * * {{Authority control Lymantriini Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner