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Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859

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Lymantria aryama

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Indian and global distribution:

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Adult moth observations that have been databased:

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Gujarat
Karnataka
Maharashtra
All states

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List of Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species in India based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. S. & W. India.
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. W. & S. India, Sri Lanka.
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India, Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis.
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. S India, Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). S. India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. S. India, Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004. S. India.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. S. India.

NW Himalaya & Nepal
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. NW India.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. NW India.
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903 NW India, Nepal.
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. NW. India, Nepal.
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). NW. Himalaya.

E. Himalaya
Lymantria obsoleta obsoleta Walker, 1855. NE India.
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan, NE India.
Lymantria bivittata bivittata Moore, 1879. C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, Andamans.
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. E. Himalaya. Lymantria lepcha treated as a separate species on the website.
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India (Meghalaya)
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. NE India.
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004. NE India.

Himalaya
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. Himalaya, NE India, Bangladesh.
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. N. India, Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. Himalaya.
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka, “India”.

Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. Sikkim, Andamans.

References:

OD: Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: 345; TL: Canara. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid02east/page/345/mode/1up?view=theater
Enome aryama; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (64): 423. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazine9111923lond/page/423/mode/1up?view=theater
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7. Pg. 27, Fig. 43-45.

Note: Based on Schintlmeister, (2004), Lymantria aryama diagnosis notes: "The species externally resembles ampla, though the forewings are more rounded on the apex. There is a pale greyish-brown and broad median band on the forewings, where the blackish discal spot is prominently marked."

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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/358322/Lymantria-aryama

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