Lymantria similis

Lymantria similis (fig. 6)

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 (Lymantria)
Species: Lymantria similis
Subspecies: L. s. loeffleri – L. s. monachoides – L. s. similis

Name

Lymantria similis Moore, 1879

Type locality: India, Calcutta district.

Lectotype: BMNH female ♀. (designated by Gupa et al., 1984: 27)

Synonyms

• Lymantria cara Butler, 1881
• Lymantria monacha yunnanensis Collenette, 1933 (synonymized by Schintlmeister, 2004: 17)

References

• 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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