Lymantica

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

Lymantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Lymantriinae
Tribe:
Lymantriini
Genus:
Lymantica

Collenette, 1936

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
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lymantica Collenette, 1936". Afromoths. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Lymantria Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. 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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