Lymantria dispar

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 dispar
Subspecies: L. d. asiatica – L. d. dispar – L. d. japonica – L. d. postalba – L. d. tsushimensis

Name

Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Phalaena dispar (protonym)
Phalaena Bombyx dispar Linnaeus, 1758
Liparis dispar var. japonica Motschulsky, [1861]
Liparis dispar var. burdigalensis Mabille, 1876
Ocneria dispar ab. erebus Thierry Mieg, 1886
Porthetria umbrosa Butler, 1881
Porthetria hadina Butler, 1881
Lymantria dispar asiatica Wnukowsky, 1926
Lymantria dispar praeterea Kardakoff, 1928
Lymantria dispar andalusiaca Reinig, 1938
Lymantria dispar hokkaidoensis Goldschmidt, 1940
Lymantria dispar mediterranea Goldschmidt, 1940
Lymantria dispar bocharae Goldschmidt, 1940
Lymantria dispar chosenensis Goldschmidt, 1940
Lymantria dispar obscura Goldschmidt, 1940
Lymantria dispar nesiobia Bryk, 1942
Lymantria dispar kolthoffi Bryk, 1949
Lymantria dispar koreiba Bryk, 1949
Lymantria dispar fraguarius Agenjo, 1952

References

Pogue, M.G. & Schaefer, P.W., 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner [1819] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. 1-221
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrifina 7: 1–248. Full article: PDF. Reference page.
Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page.
Inoue, H. 1956: One new species and two new subspecies of the Lymantriidae from Japan (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Tinea 3(1-2): 141–142. Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Няпарны шаўкапрад
čeština: Bekyně velkohlavá
dansk: Løvstraesnonne
Deutsch: Schwammspinner
English: Gypsy Moth
Esperanto: Lana tineo
español: Lagarta peluda
eesti: Käsnalainelane
suomi: Lehtinunna
français: Bombyx disparate
magyar: Gyapjaslepke
日本語: マイマイガ
ქართული: არაფარდი პარკხვევია
Nederlands: Plakker
norsk: Løvskognonne
polski: Brudnica nieparka
português: Mariposa-cigana
русский: Непарный шелкопряд
српски / srpski: Губар главоња
svenska: Lövskogsnunna
中文: 舞毒蛾

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