Lymantria ampla

Lymantria ampla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Lymantriinae
Tribus: Lymantriini
Genus: Lymantria
Subgenus: Lymantria (Porthetria)
Species: Lymantria ampla

Name

Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855)

Type locality: Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Lectotype: BMNH. (designated by Gupta et al., 1984: 24).

Synonyms

• Enome ampla Walker, 1855: 883 (original combination)

References

• Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 777–976. BHL Reference page. 
• Gupta, S.L. ; Farooqi, S.I. & Chaudhry, H.S., 1984: Taxonomic studies on some of the syntypes of Indian Lymantriidae in British Museum (Nat. Hist.) London. Part 4: Lymantria ssp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Reichenbachia, 22 (2): 23–29.
• Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrifina 7: 1–248. Full article: PDF. Reference page. 

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