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Pogue, pl 5/2. Pg 112.
Schintlmeister, A. (2004). The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrafina pp 1-248. Pg 127, Fig 537-539.
Similar species: Lymantria flavida http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=177809
Differences.
Male: L. mathura has FW more pointed (more rounded in flavida). L. mathura veins are white (yellow in flavida). HW fringe is yellow in mathura (white in flavida).
Female has narrow reniform V shaped spot (broader in flavida). Pink on the dorsal part of the abdomen extends 2/3 rd of abdomen while in flavida it extends to half abdomen.
Schintlmeister, A. (2004). The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Quadrafina pp 1-248. Pg 127, Fig 537-539.
Similar species: Lymantria flavida http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=177809
Differences.
Male: L. mathura has FW more pointed (more rounded in flavida). L. mathura veins are white (yellow in flavida). HW fringe is yellow in mathura (white in flavida).
Female has narrow reniform V shaped spot (broader in flavida). Pink on the dorsal part of the abdomen extends 2/3 rd of abdomen while in flavida it extends to half abdomen.
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