Lymantica Explained

Lymantica is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1936.^[1]

Taxonomy

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms give this name as a synonym of Lymantria Hübner, [1819].^[2] Afromoths lists it as a full genus with the species below.

Species listed by Afromoths

• Lymantica arrheta (Collenette, 1959)
• Lymantica canariensis (Kenrick, 1914)
• Lymantica castaneostriata (Kenrick, 1914)
• Lymantica cidariensis Kühne, 2010
• Lymantica hypobolimaea (Collenette, 1959)
• Lymantica leucophaes (Collenette, 1936)
• Lymantica malgassica (Kenrick, 1914)
• Lymantica phaeosericea (Mabille, 1884)
• Lymantica pruinosa (Butler, 1879)
• Lymantica radiata Griveaud, 1977
• Lymantica rufofusca (Mabille, 1900)
• Lymantica suarezia (Mabille, 1898)
• Lymantica velutina (Mabille, 1879)
• Lymantica xanthosoma (Saalmüller, 1884)

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Lymantica Collenette, 1936 . Afromoths . April 2, 2020.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . July 5, 2019 . Lymantria Hübner, [1819] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 2, 2020.