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Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

990461 – 19461 – Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) – Spongy Moth

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Lymantria dispar: Three subspecies of L. dispar are recognized due to their economic importance, these include L. d. dispar, L. d. asiatica Vnukovskij, and L. d. japonica (Motschulsky).

(1) Pogue, M.G., and Schaefer, P.W. (2007). A review of selected species of Lymantria Hubner [1819] including three new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, some potentially invasive to North America. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.

© Mike Pogue ssp. asiatica

© Mike Pogue ssp. japonica

© Mike Pogue ssp. dispar. variation within the sub species

© Christi Jaeger, MEM

© Christi Jaeger, MEM

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