Lymantria mathura

TaxID: 335468

Basic Information

Lymantria mathura

Rosy Gypsy Moth, rosy gypsy moth

Lymantria mathura, the rosy gypsy moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae found in the Russian Far East, Nepal, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu), the Korean Peninsula, northern India and China (at least Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin also in the west). The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. The wingspan is 40 C50mm for males and 70 C90mm for females. Larvae disperse through ballooning, covering greater distances compared to the Lymantria dispar and exhibiting high rates of settling. Larvae have also been recorded feeding on Terminalia, Shorea, Quercus, Mangifera, Eugenia and Mitragyna. It is considered a pest, since it is a major defoliator of deciduous trees. Their larvae exhibit intraspecific variation to polyphenol metabolism depending on their host plant, allowing them to be polyphagous across multiple broadleaf species.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Lymantria

mathura

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Lymantria mathura
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(c) Chung-Yen@BY
Lymantria mathura
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(c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳)@BY-NC-SA
Lymantria mathura
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(c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳)@BY-NC-SA
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(c) 大江 Joel@BY-NC
Lymantria mathura
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(c) Vijay Anand Ismavel@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (81 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
EPPO A2 Present —
United Kingdom Quarantine pest 2022
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Bhutan Present —
China Present
Hong Kong, China Present —
India Present —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Myanmar Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature