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Lymantria Hübner, [1819]

Lymantria Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 160, TS: Phalaena monacha Linnaeus
Porthetria Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 160, TS: Phalaena dispar Linnaeus
Hypogymna Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 84, TS: Phalaena monacha Linnaeus
Sericaria Berthold, 1827; in Latreille, Nat. Familien Thierreichs: 480, TS: Phalaena dispar Linnaeus
Psilura Stephens, 1828; Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 2 (1): 57, TS: Phalaena monacha Linnaeus
Erasta Gistl, 1848; Naturg. Thiereichs: 9, TS: Phalaena monacha Linnaeus
Morasa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 859, TS: Morasa modesta Walker
Enome Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 883, TS: Enome ampla Walker
Palasea Wallengren, 1863; Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 142, TS: Palasea albimacula Wallengren
Pegella Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1922, TS: Pegella curvifera Walker
Sarothropyga Felder, 1874; in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 100, f. 23, TS: Sarothropyga rhodopepla Felder
Nagunda Moore, 1879; in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W. S. Atkinson (1): 53, TS: Alope semicincta Walker
Barhona Moore, 1879; in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W. S. Atkinson (1): 55, TS: Barhona carneola Moore
Pyramocera Butler, 1880; J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 15: 85, TS: Pyramocera fuliginea Butler
Lymantria ; [MNA22.2, 87]

Lymantria monacha (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, AC, E.Asia. See [About maps] Havununna Black Arches Nun Moth Black-arched Tussock Nonne Le Bombyx Moine La Nonne Mariposa monja Nunna Barrskogsnunna Nonne
Phalaena monacha Linnaeus, 1758
neirai Agenjo, 1959²
ceballosi Agenjo, 1959²
Lymantria monacha, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Lymantria monacha, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lymantria monacha, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Lymantria monacha, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lymantria monacha, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

596x400 (~92Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	596x400 (~61Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	1024x586 (~141Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 15.6.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov
800x525 (~115Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 14.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	550x338 (~29Kb)

Larva on Quercus sp., Salix sp. [SPRK]

L. m. monacha

Lymantria monacha monacha ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 224

Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, AC, NAF, tr, Iran, NA. See [About maps] Lehtinunna Gipsy Gypsy Moth Schwammspinner Le Bombyx Disparate Spongieuse Zig-zag (larva) Lagarta peluda de los encinares Lövskogsnunna Løvstraesnonne gyapjaslepke
Phalaena dispar Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 501
Bombyx dispar f. disparina Müller, 1802; Fauna Lep. Silesiaca 3: pl. 3, f. 1, TL: Silesia Poland
Lymantria dispar var. nigra de Selys-Longchamps, 1857; Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge 1: 52, TL: Belgium
Liparis dispar japonica Motschulsky, 1860; Etud. Ent., 9: 31, TL: Japan
Liparis dispar f. burgigalensis Mabille, 1876; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6: IX, TL: Bordeaux, France
Liparis dispar var. disparoides Gaschet, 1876; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6): 521, TL: Bordeaux, France
Porthetria umbrosa Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 10, TL: Tokei, Yokohama, and Hakodate, Japan
Porthetria hadina Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 11, TL: Yokohama, Japan
Ocneria dispar f. erebus Thierry-Mieg, 1886; Le Nat. 8: 237, TL: England
Lymantria dispar ab. semi-obscura Thierry-Mieg, 1886; Le Nat. 8: 237, TL: England
Lymantria dispar ab. medio-fusca Lambillion, 1898; Rev. Ann. Soc. Ent. Namuroise, 1898: 6, TL: Namur, Belgium
Ocneria dispar f. major Fuchs, 1899; Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Naturk. 52: 130, TL: Germany
Lymantria dispar ab. fasciata Lambillion, 1907; Rev. Mens. Soc. Ent. Namuroise, 7: 51, TL: Liège, Belgium
Lymantria dispar ab. fasciata Rebel, [1909]; in Berge, Schmetterlingsbuch, etc. (edn 9): 118
Lymantria dispar ab. fraguarius Ribbe, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 23: 221, TL: Andalusia, Spain
Lymantria dispar ab. insignata Schultz, 1910; Ent. Z. 24: 35, TL: Vicinity of Berlin, Germany
Lymantria dispar ab. angulifera Schultz, 1910; Ent. Z. 24: 35, TL: Germany
Lymantria dispar ab. unifascia Schultz, 1910; Ent. Z. 24: 36, TL: Germany
Lymantria dispar ab. submarginalis Schultz, 1910; Ent. Z. 24: 36, TL: Brandenburg, Germany
Lymantria dispar f. brunnea Schulze, 1910; Int. Ent. Zeits. 4: 26
Lymantria dispar f. wladiwostockensis Strand, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 127, TL: Vladivostok, U.S.S.R
Lymantria dispar ab. destrigata Klemensiewicz, 1912; Spraw. Kom Fizyogr. Krakóv 46 (2): 6, TL: "Nowym Saczu"
Lymantria dispar f. suffusa Schulze, 1912; Int. Ent. Zeits. 6: 263, TL: Vicinity of Berlin, Germany
Lymantria dispar ab. unicolor Lambillion, 1913; Rev. Mesn. Soc. Ent. Namuroise, Suppl. 28: 441, TL: Belgium
Lymantria dispar ab. variegata Lambillion, 1913; Rev. Mesn. Soc. Ent. Namuroise, Suppl. 28: 442, TL: Destelbergen, Belgium
Lymantria dispar ab. variegata Lambillion, 1929; Lambillionea 29 (10): pl. 1, f. 4
Lymantria dispar f. alba Stauder, 1914; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 28: 16, TL: Trieste
Lymantria dispar f. atra Heinrich, 1916; Dt. Ent. Zeits. 1916: 511, TL: Charlottenburg (near Berlin)
Lymantria dispar ab. lactea Manon, 1926; Rev. Zool. Agr. et Appl. 25: 54, TL: Boutaut
Liparis dispar ab. dealbata Manon, 1926; Rev. Zool. Agr. et Appl. 25: 55, TL: Boutaut
Liparis dispar ab. radiata Manon, 1926; Rev. Zool. Agr. et Appl. 25: 55, TL: Boutaut
Lymantria dispar asiatica Wnukowsky, 1926; Rev. Russ. Ent. 20: 79, TL: Southern and Eastern Siberia
Lymantria dispar asiatica ab. obsoleta Wnukowsky, 1926; Rev. Russ. Ent. 20: 79
Lymantria dispar asiatica ab. unicolor Wnukowsky, 1926; Rev. Russ. Ent. 20: 80
Lymantria dispar asiatica ab. ochracea Wnukowsky, 1926; Rev. Russ. Ent. 20: 80
Lymantria dispar albescens Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 25, TL: Ishigaki and Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Lymantria dispar mut. spectrum Klatt, 1928; Zool. Anz. 78: 260
Lymantria dispar praeterea Kardakoff, 1928; Entomol. Mitt. 17 (8): 416, TL: Ussuri, U.S.S.R
Lymantria dispar praeterea ab. examinata Kardakoff, 1928; Entomol. Mitt. 17 (8): 416, TL: Ussuri, U.S.S.R
Lymantria dispar f. fasciatella Strand, 1934; in Bryk, Lepid. Cat. 62: 148 (repl. fasciata Rebel, 1910)
Lymantria dispar andalusiaca Reinig, 1938; Elimantion und Selektion: 109, TL: Spain
Lymantria dispar mediterranea Goldschmidt, 1940; Material Basis of Evolution: 59, TL: Southern Europe
Lymantria dispar bocharae Goldschmidt, 1940; Material Basis of Evolution: 59, TL: Turkestan
Lymantria dispar hokaidoensis Goldschmidt, 1940; Material Basis of Evolution: 59, TL: Island of Hokkaido, Japan
Lymantria dispar obscura Goldschmidt, 1940; Material Basis of Evolution: 60, TL: Lake Biwa and Gifu region, Honsu, Japan
Lymantria dispar chosenensis Goldschmidt, 1940; Material Basis of Evolution: 60, TL: Korea
Lymantria dispar nesiobia Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 25, TL: Yeterefu, Kuriles
Lymantria dispar mut. rara Klatt, 1944; : 175
Lymantria dispar koreiba Bryk, 1948; Ark. Zool. 41A (1): 15, TL: Motojondo, Korea
Lymantria dispar kolthoffi Bryk, 1948; Ark. Zool. 41A (1): 16, TL: Kiangsu, Korea
Lymantria dispar ab. albofasciata Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 245, 253
Lymantria dispar ab. obscurata Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 245, 253
Lymantria dispar ab. fasciata Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 253 (preocc. fasciata Lambillion, 1907, fasciata Rebel, 1910)
Lymantria dispar ab. marmorea Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 253
Lymantria dispar ab. grisea Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 293 (253?)
Lymantria dispar ab. subbrunnea Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 253
Lymantria dispar ab. albicans Schnaider, 1950; Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 253
Lymantria dispar tsushimensis Inoue, 1956; Tinea 3: 141, TL: Kubara, Tsushima, Japan
Lymantria dispar postalba Inoue, 1956; Tinea 3: 141, TL: Yakushima, Japan
Lymantria dispar, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Lymantria dispar, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Lymantria dispar, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lymantria dispar, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lymantria dispar, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Lymantria dispar ; [MNA22.2: 90, f. 2a, 20, pl. 1, f. 9-12]

400x595 (~61Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	597x400 (~64Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	595x400 (~69Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
510x595 (~41Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Mönsheim, Dreieichen (8°53'E, 48°51'N, 450m), 11.08.2001, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	1000x607 (~99Kb) Northern Greece, Axios Delta, 14/6/1995, Photo © Dylan Lloyd leg.

Larva on Betula, Crataegus, Larix, Picea, Malus, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, Salix, Ulmus [SPRK]

L. d. dispar

Lymantria dispar dispar ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 223

Lymantria atlantica (Rambur, 1837)

es, NAF, Sardinia, Corsica. See [About maps] mus Oberthür, 1916²

Larva on Pistacia lenticus [BSW]

Lymantria lapidicola (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

tr, Armenia, Iran, Near East, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Sardinia. See [About maps] Ocneria urbicola Staudinger, 1861; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. (ed. 1): 28

= ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 225

Ocneria destituta Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (2): 256

= ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 225

Ocneria lapidicola var. phoenissa Roghenhofer, 1891; : 85

= ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 225

Ocneria lapidicola phoenissa ab. mardina Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (2): 337

= ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 225

Lymantria destituta var. maraschi Daniel, 1932; Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 22: 226

= ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 226

Lymantria lapidicola ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 224

Larva on Prunus, Crataegus [BSW]

Lymantria oberthueri Lucas, 1906²

NAF. See [About maps]

Larva on Acacia raddiana [BSW]

13.1.2005 (12)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[Dylan Lloyd]

Hafanedd, Deiniol Rd., Bangor, Wales, U.K., LL57 2UP; Last known e-mail and url (neither works); e-mail: Dylan Lloyd; http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~bss035/comett/wwmoth.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MNA22.2]

Douglas C. Ferguson; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 22.2; NOCTUOIDEA; Lymantriidae

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Berthold, 1827

Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem französischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen in Latreille, Nat. Familien Thierreichs: 604pp

Bryk, 1942

Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge der Kurilen Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 3-113 [?-90], 4fgs, 2pls

Bryk, 1948

Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge von Korea. Pars. II Ark. Zool. 41A (1): 1-225, 7pls

Butler, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 1-23, 171-200, 579-600

de Freina, 1999

Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257

Gistl, 1848

Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere Schulen Naturg. Thiereichs: -

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Kardakoff, 1928

Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren des Ussuri-Gebietes Entomol. Mitt. 17 (8): 414-425

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Mabille, 1876

Minutes of meeting, 1876 Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6: I-LXIV

Matsumura, 1927

New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 1-91, pl. 1-5

Moore, 1879

Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W. S. Atkinson (1): 1-88, pl. 1-8, expl. 1-3

Motschulsky, 1860

Insectes du Japon Etud. Ent., 9: 4-39

Schnaider, 1950

Formes de lépidoptères nouvelles ou plus rares Polsk. Pismo. Ent. 19: 237-255

Staudinger, 1861

Catalog der Lepidopteren Europas und der angrendzenden Länder in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. (ed. 1): 1-192

Staudinger, [1892]

Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paäarktischen Faunengebiets Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (2): 224-339, pl. 3

Stephens, 1828

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 2 (1): 1-90, pl. 13-18 (1828), (2): 91-203, pl. 19-24 (1829)

Walker, 1855

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

Walker, 1866

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

Wallengren, 1863

Lepidopterologische Mittheilunge Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 137-151

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