Taxonomic Information
Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. India: S. & W. India, Kerala, Telangana, Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal.
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka; “India”.
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. India: W. & S. India; Sri Lanka.
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis.
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. India: S India, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). India: S. India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004.India: S. India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. India: S. India, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala.
Lymantria vinacea Moore, 1879. India: Karnataka (TL: Canara).
NW Himalaya & Nepal
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh.
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903. India: NW India; Nepal.
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). India: NW. Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Jharkhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
E. Himalaya
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Lymantria apicebrunnea Gaede, 1932. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Lymantria ascetria Hübner, [1819]. India: West Bengal.
Lymantria hauensteini Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India, Assam, Meghalaya.
Lymantria bivittata Moore, 1879. India: C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Andamans.
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. India: NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya.
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879 treated as a separate species on the website.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Assam.
Lymantria minomonis Matsumura, 1933. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Lymantria obsoleta Walker, 1855. India: NE India, Uttarakhand, North India, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Lymantria plumbalis Hampson, 1895. TL: Myanmar; India: Nagaland, Manipur.
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan; NE India, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004.India: NE India.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.
Himalaya
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. India: Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Nepal.
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. India: N. India, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim; Bangladesh.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: N. India, Assam, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal).
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. India: Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Meghalaya, NE India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. India: Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, West Bengal.
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Western Himalayas east to Myanmar (. Type form Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Notes: Like many other members in this genus the males and females are dimorphic and differ considerably from each other in appearance. Lymantria hauensteini Schintlmeister, 2004 is the eastern representative of marginata, it is possible that it may occur in Arunachal Pradesh as it has been recorded close to the borders in N. Myanmar. Male marginata foreheads are brown and hauensteini white. The forewing of male hauensteini more contrasting and the ground colour more blackish. Female hauensteini has more white markings.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855: Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 877; TL: Silhet. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit/page/877/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lymantria pusilla Felder, 1874. Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 99, f. 3; TL: Bengal. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n248/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lymantria nigra Moore, 1888. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 399; TL: Kangra Valley. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen88zool/page/399/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl.55/17-18.
- Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7. Pdf pg.118 plate (pg.121) fg.481-486,518.
- Pogue, M. G & P. W. Schaefer. 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. Available as Pdf, pg 104 for text; pg 151 for pl 4 fig 9.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855 – Dark Mango Tussock Moth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/lymantria-marginata, accessed 2026/03/14.