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Lymantria detersa
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Female is wingless.
SS: This is probably Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865 as it has a fuscous marginal border on HW, which detersa lacks. Moreover, detersa is known from S & W India. The other similar species, L. incerta has a chequered HW, which this lacks. Lymantrai obfuscata is known from N. India.
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrifina Band 7, Pp. 1-248. Fig 50-58., pg. 22.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 367; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/367/mode/1up?view=theater
SS: This is probably Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865 as it has a fuscous marginal border on HW, which detersa lacks. Moreover, detersa is known from S & W India. The other similar species, L. incerta has a chequered HW, which this lacks. Lymantrai obfuscata is known from N. India.
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrifina Band 7, Pp. 1-248. Fig 50-58., pg. 22.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 367; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/367/mode/1up?view=theater
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