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Checklist for Subfamily Lymantriinae Hampson, 1893 (Brown-tail moths)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4154
15751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4150
15742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
4137
15700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
31
2691
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
26
2470
9783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
1056
3407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
450
1790
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth
49
168
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
49 Genera with 168 Species
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Arctornis Germar, 18556SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Artaxa Walker, 18485SpeciesTaxom
Cadrusia Moore, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Calliteara Butler, 18798SpeciesTaxom
Carriola Swinhoe, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Casama Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Cifuna Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cispia Walker, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Cozola Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Daplasa Moore, 02SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 186511SpeciesTaxom
Desmoloma Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dicallomera Butler, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dura Hübner, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Eloria Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Enome Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 185526SpeciesTaxom
Euzora Turner, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Hemerocampa Ochsenheimer, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Heracula Moore, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Himala Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Homoeomeria Wallengren, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Imaus Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Kanchia Germar, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Lachana Moore, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Locharna Moore, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 179336SpeciesTaxom
Mahoba Moore, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Mardara Moore, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Medama Matsumura, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 18406SpeciesTaxom
Nygmia Hübner, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Ocneria Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Orvasca Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Pantana Walker, 03SpeciesTaxom
Perina Hübner, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Pida Walker, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomesa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Psilochira Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Somena Walker, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Sphrageidus Maes, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Sundaroa Holloway, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Varmina Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
168 Species and 1 Subspecies
Arctornis comma Hutton, 1865
Arctornis cygna Moore, 1879
Arctornis erasmia Toxopeus, 1948
Arctornis inigrum
Arctornis marginata Moore, 1883
Arctornis submarginata Walker, 1855
Aroa campbelli Hampson, 1905
Aroa clara Swinhoe, 1885
Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932
Aroa substrigosa Walker, 1855
Artaxa comparata Walker, 1865
Artaxa digramma Boisduval, 1844
Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855
Artaxa princeps Walker, 1865
Artaxa vitellina Kollar, 1848
Cadrusia virescens (Moore, 1879)⇒ Ilema virescens Moore, 1879
Calliteara abietis Denis & Schi..., 1775
Calliteara angulata Hampson, 1895
Calliteara cerigoides Walker, 1862
Calliteara complicata Walker, 1865
Calliteara grotei Moore, 1859
Calliteara horsfieldii Saunders, 1851Horsfield's tussock moth
Calliteara siniaevi
Calliteara strigata Moore, 1879
Carriola ecnomoda Swinhoe, 1907
Carriola fenestrata Hampson, 1893
Carriola thyridophora Hampson, 1893
Casama indeterminata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Casama vilis Walker, 1865
Casama vilis Walker, 1865
Cifuna locuples Walker, 1855Bean tussock moth
Cispia charma Swinhoe, 1899
Cispia punctifascia Walker, 1855
Cispia venosa Walker, 1862
Cozola xanthopera Hampson, 1897
Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879
Daplasa postincisa
Dasychira bhana Moore, 1865
Dasychira cerebosa Swinhoe, 1903
Dasychira chekiangensis Collenette, 1938
Dasychira cinctata Moore, 1879
Dasychira complicata Walker, 1865
Dasychira flavimacula Moore, 1865
Dasychira pheosia ophiodes Collenette, 1960
Dasychira postfusca Swinhoe, 1895
Dasychira rhopalum Hering, 1926
Dasychira strigata (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Calliteara strigata Moore, 1879
Dasychira tenebrosa Walker, 1865
Desmoloma chironomus Dyar, 1910
Dicallomera fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Gynaephora fascelina Linnaeus, 1758
Dura alba Moore, 1879
Eloria cissusa Druce, 1893
Enome ampla Walker, 1855
Euproctis (Euproctis) chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758Brown-tail
Euproctis (Sphrageidus) similis Fuessly, 1775Bigspotted triggerfish
Euproctis antiphates Hampson, 1893
Euproctis cervina Moore, 1879
Euproctis cryphia Collenette, 1960
Euproctis dispersa Moore, 1879
Euproctis divisa (Walker, 1855)⇒ Nygmia moalata Swinhoe, 1916
Euproctis electrophaes Collenette, 1935
Euproctis hampsoni Swinhoe, 1903
Euproctis hypopyra Collenette, 1947
Euproctis leithiana Moore, 1879
Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855
Euproctis madana Moore, 1859
Euproctis magna Swinhoe, 1891
Euproctis marginata Moore, 1879
Euproctis melanoxutha Collenette, 1947
Euproctis oreosaura Swinhoe, 1894
Euproctis plagiata Walker, 1855
Euproctis plana (Walker, 1856)⇒ Nygmia plana Walker, 1856
Euproctis scintillans (Walker, 1856)⇒ Somena scintillans Walker, 1856
Euproctis signata Blanchard, 1844
Euproctis subfasciata Walker, 1865
Euproctis trifasciata Moore, 1879
Euproctis varia Aurivillius, 1894
Euproctis varians Walker, 1855
Euproctis virguncula Walker, 1855
Euzora costalis Moore, 1879
Hemerocampa plagiata Walker, 1855
Heracula discivitta Moore, 1865
Himala argentea Walker, 1855
Imaus munda Walker, 1855
Kanchia subvitrea Walker, 1865
Lachana kulu Trofimova, 2008
Lachana ladakensis Moore, 1888
Laelia calamaria Hampson, 1900
Laelia exclamationis Kollar, 1848
Laelia litura Walker, 1855
Laelia umbrina Moore, 1888
Leucoma clara Walker, 1865
Leucoma cygna (Moore, 1877)⇒ Arctornis cygna Moore, 1879
Leucoma flavescens Moore, 1877
Leucoma ochripes Moore, 1879
Leucoma salicis Linnaeus, 1758Satin Moth
Locharna strigipennis Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Beatria) atemeles Collenette, 1938
Lymantria (Beatria) marginata Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Collentria) grisea (Moore, 1879)⇒ Lymantria dispar Linnaeus, 1758
Lymantria (Griveaudtria) binotata Mabille, 1880
Lymantria (Lymantria) concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Lymantria) monacha Linnaeus, 1758Black Arches
Lymantria (Lymantria) semicincta Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Lymantria) similis Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Lymantria) todara Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Nyctria) grandis Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Nyctria) mathura Moore, 1865Pink Gypsy Moth
Lymantria (Porthetria) ampla Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Porthetria) aryama Moore, 1859
Lymantria (Porthetria) bivittata Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Porthetria) detersa Walker, 1865
Lymantria (Porthetria) dispar Linnaeus, 1758Asian Gypsy Moth
Lymantria (Porthetria) incerta Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Porthetria) lunata Stoll, 1782Luna gypsy moth
Lymantria (Porthetria) obfuscata Walker, 1865Apple hairy caterpillar
Lymantria (Spinotria) albolunulata Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Spinotria) obsoleta (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Lymantria dispar Linnaeus, 1758
Lymantria (Spinotria) serva Fabricius, 1793Crescent-moon tussock moth
Lymantria aurora (Moore, 1866)⇒ Lymantria mathura Moore, 1865
Lymantria bhascara (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Lymantria serva Fabricius, 1793
Lymantria carnecolor (Walker, 1855)⇒ Lymantria concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria diversa (Turner, 1936)⇒ Lymantria lunata Stoll, 1782
Lymantria fusca (Moore, 1866)⇒ Lymantria mathura Moore, 1865
Lymantria horishana (Walker, 1855)⇒ Lymantria concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria kosemponis Moore, 1879
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879
Lymantria micans (Walker, 1855)⇒ Lymantria concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria roseola (Matsumura, 1931)⇒ Lymantria kosemponis Moore, 1879
Lymantria servula (Collenette, 1935)⇒ Lymantria kosemponis Moore, 1879
Lymantria superans (Walker, 1855)⇒ Lymantria concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria umbrina (Moore, 1866)⇒ Lymantria mathura Moore, 1865
Lymantria vinacea (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Lymantria serva Fabricius, 1793
Mahoba irrorata Moore, 1879
Mahoba plagidotata Walker, 1862
Marblepsis tiphia Swinhoe, 1903
Mardara calligramma Walker, 1865
Medama basimaculatum (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Medama diplaga Hampson, 1910
Medama diplaga Hampson, 1910
Numenes flagrans Tams, 1928
Numenes grisa C.L. Chao, 1983
Numenes partita (Moore, 1859)⇒ Numenes patrana Moore, 1859
Numenes patrana Moore, 1859
Numenes siletti Walker, 1855
Numenes trigonalis (Hoeven, 1840)⇒ Areas galactina Hoev., 1840
Nygmia guttulata Snellen, 1886
Nygmia icilia Stoll, 1790
Nygmia plana Walker, 1856
Olene inclusa Walker, 1856
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823Brown Tussock Moth
Orgyia (Orgyia) antiqua Linnaeus, 1758Antique tussock moth
Orgyia postica Walker, 1855Cocoa Tussock Moth
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Pantana interjecta Swinhoe, 1891
Pantana luteiceps Swinhoe, 1896
Pantana substrigosa
Perina basalis Walker, 1855
Perina nuda Fabricius, 1787
Pida apicalis Walker, 1865
Pida calligramma
Pida decolorata Walker, 1869
Pseudomesa quadriplagiata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Numenes siletti Walker, 1855
Psilochira lineata Walker, 1855
Somena scintillans Walker, 1856Yellow tail tussock moth
Somena similis Moore, 1880
Sphrageidus simlensis
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848
Sundaroa calesia Swinhoe, 1902
Varmina indica Walker, 1855

Subnodes of Lymantriinae with occurrences in India
TribeLymantriini
Hampson, 1893
10
81
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNygmiini
Holloway, 1999
8
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOrgyiini
Wallengren, 1861
9
39
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Lymantriinae at dyntaxa.se
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