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Lymantria
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.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Porthetria
subgenusPorthetria

Lymantria
subgenusLymantria

Nyctria
subgenusNyctria

Spinotria
subgenusSpinotria

Beatria
subgenusBeatria

Collentria
subgenusCollentria

Lymantria subpallida
speciesLymantria subpallida

Sarantria
subgenusSarantria

Lymantria nephrographa
speciesLymantria nephrographa

Griveaudtria
subgenusGriveaudtria

Pantria
subgenusPantria

Lymantria flavida
speciesLymantria flavida
Pyramocera
subgenusPyramocera

Syntria
subgenusSyntria

Lymantria hollowayi
speciesLymantria hollowayi

Papuatria
subgenusPapuatria

Lymantria pulverea
speciesLymantria pulverea

Lymantria simplex
speciesLymantria simplex

Lymantria cryptocloea
speciesLymantria cryptocloea

Lymantria griseipennis
speciesLymantria griseipennis

Lymantria brunneoloma
speciesLymantria brunneoloma

Lymantria postalba
speciesLymantria postalba
Lymantria destituta
speciesLymantria destituta
Lymantria disparina
speciesLymantria disparina
Lymantria tacita
speciesLymantria tacita
Lymantria rhadopta
speciesLymantria rhadopta
Lymantria dubiosa
speciesLymantria dubiosa
Lymantria harimuda
speciesLymantria harimuda
Lymantria vastatrix
speciesLymantria vastatrix
Lymantria yunnanensis
speciesLymantria yunnanensis
Lymantria vinacea
speciesLymantria vinacea
Lymantria hauseri
speciesLymantria hauseri
Lymantria flavala
speciesLymantria flavala
Lymantria furvinis
speciesLymantria furvinis

Lymantria nudala
speciesLymantria nudala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Lymantria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48848.