Lymantica

Lymantica
	Lymantria dispar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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.

Taxonomy

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms give this name as a synonym of Lymantria Hübner, [1819]. 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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[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.