Lymantria grandis

Lymantria grandis

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 (Nyctria)
Species: Lymantria grandis

Name

Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855: 874

Type locality: Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonyms

• Lymantria maculosa Walker, 1855
• Lymantria metarhoda Walker, 1862
• Lymantria viola Swinhoe, 1889 (synonymized by Schintlmeister, 2004: 18)

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. 
• Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrifina 7: 1–248. Full article: PDF. Reference page.