Lymantria todara

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Lymantria todara
Lymantria todara male.jpg
male
Lymantria todara female.jpg
female
both in Sinharaja Forest, Viharahena
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L. todara
Binomial name
Lymantria todara
Moore, 1879
Synonyms
  • Liparis todaraC. Swinhoe, 1923

Lymantria todara is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. [1] It is found in India (Nilgiri) [2] and Sri Lanka. [3]

The caterpillar is a pest of Lagerstroemia parviflora , Shorea robusta , Terminalia bellirica and Terminalia tomentosa . [4]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Lymantria todara Moore, 1879". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  4. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.