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Lymantria dispar  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 709249

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
    Phalaena dispar Linnaeus, 1758
 
    Ocneria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
  Common Name(s): Bombyx disparate [French]
 
    Schwammspinner
 
    Bekyne velkohlavá
 
    Lehtinunna
 
    Lövskogsnunna
 
    plakker [Dutch]
 
    gyapjaslepke
 
    spongieuse [French]
 
    zig-zag [English]
 
    lagarta-do-sobreiro [Portuguese]
 
    Løvstraesnonne
 
    Lagarta peluda del los encinares [Spanish]
 
    spongy moth [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyNoctuoidea Latreille, 1809  
                                     FamilyErebidae Leach, 1815  
                                        SubfamilyLymantriinae Hampson, 1893  
                                           TribeLymantriini Hampson, 1893  
                                              GenusLymantria Hübner, 1819  
                                                 SpeciesLymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bombyx disparate, Schwammspinner, Bekyne velkohlavá, Lehtinunna, Lövskogsnunna, plakker, gyapjaslepke, spongieuse, zig-zag, lagarta-do-sobreiro, Løvstraesnonne, Lagarta peluda del los encinares, spongy moth  
       

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  Source: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published   
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar   
       
  Source: Entomological Society of America Announcements and Press Release, webpage (version 02/03/2022)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Rominiecki, Joe. 2022. 'Spongy Moth' Adopted as New Common Name for Lymantria Dispar. Translation of French Name Based on Destructive Forest Pest's Sponge-like Egg Masses. Entomological Society of America Announcements and Press Releases. March 2, 2022. https://entsoc.org/news/press-releases/spongy-moth-approved-new-common-name-lymantria-dispar   
  Reference for: spongy moth[English]   
       
  Source: ESA Common Names of Insects Database, database (version 09/23/2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Entomological Society of America Common Names of Insects Database. Updated 09/23/2024. Availabe at https://www.entsoc.org/publications/common-names Accessed 21 October, 2024   
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, spongy moth [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bêlín, Vladimír  
  Publication Date: 2013   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nachtfalter der Tschechischen und Slowakischen Republik   
  Page(s): 1-340   
  Publisher: Kabourek Ltd.   
  Publication Place: Zlín, Czech Republic   
  ISBN/ISSN: 80-86447-16-2   
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  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, Bekyne velkohlavá, Schwammspinner   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ceia, Ricardo S.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insect predation by birds in Mediterranean oak woodlands and its importance in the control of defoliator pests   
  Page(s): 1-162   
  Publisher: Universidade de Coimbra   
  Publication Place: Coimbra, Portugal   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/30464   
  Reference for: lagarta-do-sobreiro[Portuguese]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Forbush, Edward H., and Charles H. Fernald  
  Publication Date: 1896   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Gypsy Moth. Porthetria dispar (Linn.) A report of the work of destroying the insect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts   
  Page(s): xii + 495 + c   
  Publisher: Wright and Potter Co., State Printers   
  Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA   
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  Reference for: spongieuse[French], zig-zag [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico   
  Page(s): xxiv + 284   
  Publisher: E.W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-86096-016-1   
  Notes: Other contributing editors: Tatiana Dominick, Donald, R. Davis, Douglas C. Ferguson, John G. Franclemont, Eugene G. Munroe, and Jerry A. Powell   
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lafontaine, J. Donald, and B. Christian Schmidt  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 40   
  Page(s): 1-239   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2989   
  Notes: doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414 ; available online at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/414/annotated-check-list-of-the-noctuoidea-insecta-lepidoptera-of-north-america-north-of-mexico   
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Leraut, Patrice  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Moths of Europe, Volume 1. Saturnids, Lasiocampids, Hawkmoths, Tiger Moths...   
  Page(s): 1-387   
  Publisher: N.A.P Editions   
  Publication Place: Rodez, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-2-91368807-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, Bombyx disparate [French]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Péter, Gyulai, László M. Gyula, Oleg Pekarsky, Peregovits László, et al. / Zoltán, Varga, ed.  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Magyarország Nagylepkéi   
  Page(s): 1-253   
  Publisher: Heterocera Press   
  Publication Place: Budapest, Hungary   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-963-88014-56   
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  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, gyapjaslepke   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pogue, Michael G., and Paul W. Schaefer  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner [1819] Including three new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Lymantriinae)   
  Page(s): vii + 221   
  Publisher: Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET)   
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  Reference for: Lagarta peluda del los encinares[Spanish], Løvstraesnonne, zig-zag [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poole, Robert W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lepidoptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera   
  Page(s): 605-1122   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-03-8   
  Notes: Series ISBN: 1-889002-00-3   
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Silvonen, Kimmo  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Suomen päivä- ja yöperhoset - maastokäsikirja   
  Page(s): 1-821   
  Publisher: Bugbook Publishing   
  Publication Place: Østermarie, Denmark   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788799351299   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, Lehtinunna, Lövskogsnunna   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voogd, Jeroen  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Het Nachtvlinderboek: Macronachtvlinders van Nederland en België, Inclusief Rupsen   
  Page(s): 1-672   
  Publisher: KNNV Uitgeverij   
  Publication Place: Zeist, Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9789050117043   
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  Reference for: Lymantria dispar, plakker [Dutch]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

   

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