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Gypsy Moth

Lymantria sp.

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bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Gypsy Moth
Lymantria sp. Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar - UKMoths


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bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Erebidae, Lymantriinae, Lymantria sp., male, but which one? From the main colors it should be Lymantria monacha, a paler one or is it a very pale Lymantria dispar? Or is it Lymantria dispar asiatica, native from Northern Africa, Southern Europe and Asia? Please, check yourself, I am not that sure!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/8780/bgima...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1100335/bg...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/988021/bgi...
http://wiki.bugwood.org/Lymantria_dispar...
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aph...
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymantria_...

Marek Koszorek
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Marek Koszorek

Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Μακεδονίας - Θράκης, Greece

Spotted on Jul 20, 2015
Submitted on Jul 20, 2015

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