| 1292027 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Adults |
| 5465632 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 5465628 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
fore wing |
| 5465630 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
hind wing |
| 5465626 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
fore wing |
| 5465634 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
variation |
| 5402037 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria nephrographa |
|
| 5402038 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria nephrographa |
|
| 5402022 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402023 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402024 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402025 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402026 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402027 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402028 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402029 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5402030 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
|
| 5465622 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 5465623 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 5465624 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 5465625 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 1191021 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
egg clusters and a female on the stem of Acer platanoides |
| 2515024 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 1260021 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male, grey morph. Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260002 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female Sachsen, Germany |
| 1454011 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1260003 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female (upper) and male (black morph) Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260019 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male. Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260006 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Female over egg mass. Empty pupae of nun moth and two empty pupae of gypsy moth, below, right of female. Surface of nun moth pupae is shiny with white-yellow long bristles. This was a pine stand with some birch during a nun moth outbreak Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260022 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male, black morph. Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260007 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Female over egg mass. Empty pupae of nun moth and two empty pupae of gypsy moth, below, right of female. Surface of nun moth pupae is shiny with white-yellow long bristles. This was a pine stand with some birch during a nun moth outbreak Sachsen, Germany |
| 2101097 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female (brooding) |
| 2101094 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male |
| 1260001 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female and male (black morph) Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260034 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female, pale or light morph. Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260023 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female Sachsen, Germany |
| 1220038 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
black morph male |
| 1260005 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male, black morph Sachsen, Germany |
| 9007020 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria lutescens |
38 mm male Drysdale River, WA |
| 9007009 |
Turners gypsy moth |
Lymantria turneri |
49 mm male Stannary Hill, Q |
| 9007017 |
tropical gypsy moth |
Lymantria pelospila |
42 mm male near Dorisvale Homestead, NT |
| 9007018 |
tropical gypsy moth |
Lymantria pelospila |
36 mm male Nabarlek, NT |
| 9007019 |
tropical gypsy moth |
Lymantria pelospila |
44 mm male near Borroloola, NT |
| 1220040 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
female |
| 1220039 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
male |
| 1398102 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Female with egg mass |
| 1398103 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Female with egg mass. |
| 1260020 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female, dark morph. |
| 1329040 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
10 August 1988 |
| 1260024 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 1267108 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
female |
| 5385346 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male and female |
| 9007002 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
23 mm; NS type or Holotype |
| 9007003 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
48 mm; NS type or Holotype |
| 9007004 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
48 mm; NS type or Holotype |
| 9007006 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
44 mm |
| 9007008 |
Australian gypsy moth |
Lymantria antennata |
43 mm male |
| 9007012 |
luna gypsy moth |
Lymantria lunata diversa |
67 mm female Cairns |
| 9007013 |
luna gypsy moth |
Lymantria lunata diversa |
44 mm male Halifax [Ingham], Q |
| 1523109 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1523112 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1523115 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1523118 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female laying eggs |
| 1523120 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1523122 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1478011 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 5371154 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 5371140 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 5371141 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 5371142 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 5369396 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1520080 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1507048 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Gypsy moth adult female and egg mass |
| 1512064 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Male gypsy moths |
| 1512065 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Female gypsy moths |
| 1515015 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1515017 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1515018 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
laying eggs |
| 1515013 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1515014 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
peeking under the wings |
| 2112090 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female |
| 2112091 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male |
| 2112085 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
male; 1994 |
| 2112086 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
female; 1994 |
| 1468019 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1399200 |
Asian gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar asiatica |
Drowned in a bucket of water, Germany. |
| 1399197 |
Asian gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar asiatica |
Asian gypsy moth egg masses on European beech, Freiburg Germany. |
| 1454012 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 2109090 |
tropical gypsy moth |
Lymantria pelospila |
adult female.
Howard Springs, NT, Australia
found on Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnhardt, 1832 |
| 2652029 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
close up frontal view of adult male - note large feather-like antennae- used to locate female for mating - detects pheromone released by female |
| 1399196 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Egg mass on building in Germany |
| 1399192 |
Asian gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar asiatica |
Female and egg mass |
| 1399198 |
Asian gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar asiatica |
Infestation at US Army ammo bunker,Germany. Egg masses on munitions shipped to NC, USA |
| 1399199 |
Asian gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar asiatica |
Infestation at US Army Ammunition bunker, Germany |
| 1194076 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
female |
| 1194077 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
male |
| 1194078 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
male |
| 1194082 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
female |
| 1267105 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
Lymantria dispar (left) vs. L. mathura (adult males) |
| 1267106 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
females |
| 1267107 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
males |
| 1267109 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
Lymantria dispar (top) vs. L. mathura (adult females) |
| 1267110 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
Lymantria dispar (bottom) vs. L. mathura (adult males) |
| 1267112 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
female |
| 1267116 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
gynandromorph |
| 1267117 |
rosy gypsy moth |
Lymantria mathura |
Female on tree |
| 1259112 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 1259125 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
|
| 1260008 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male adults, note the different eye sizes for the nun moth (left) and the gypsy moth (right). The small size of the nun moth is probably the result of crowding during the outbreak.
Female over egg mass. Empty pupae of nun moth and two empty pupae of gypsy moth, below, right of female. Surface of nun moth pupae is shiny with white-yellow long bristles.
This was a pine stand with some birch during a nun moth outbreak
Sachsen, Germany |
| 1260014 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Dead adults of nun moth and gypsy moth
Sachsen, Germany |
| 1258011 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Female |
| 1258017 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Front view of male |
| 1258018 |
nun moth |
Lymantria monacha |
Male |
| 9007010 |
Japanese gypsy moth |
Lymantria japonica |
83 mm female Iruma City, Japan |
| 9007011 |
Japanese gypsy moth |
Lymantria japonica |
50 mm male Iruma City, Japan |
| 9007014 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria nephrographa |
|
| 9007015 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria nephrographa |
56 mm male Upper Allyn River, NSW |
| 9007016 |
tussock moth |
Lymantria nephrographa |
54 mm male Lamington Nat. Park, Q |
| 1510057 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female ovipositing |
| 2652075 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
closeup frontal view of adult female Asian gypsy moth. Antennae of female is much different than that of the male. |
| 0886001 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male (bottom) and female (top) |
| 1929074 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 2733043 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male |
| 2652073 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Male Asian gyspy moth-visually identical in appearance to regular gyspy moth-need DNA analysis to distinguish strains. |
| 2652074 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
closeup frontal view of adult female Asian gypsy moth. Antennae of female is much different than that of the male. |
| 2652019 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male |
| 2652020 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male (left) female (right) |
| 2652028 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
close up side view of adult male- note large
feather-like antennae- used to locate
female by detecting pheromone released
by female |
| 2652076 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
top view of adult Asian female gypsy moth - longer and stronger wings allow for flight-female of European/North American gyspy moth is flightless. |
| 2652077 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
top view of adult Asian female gypsy moth - longer and stronger wings allow for flight-female North American/European gyspy moth is flightless. |
| 2652078 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
top view of adult Asian female - longer and stronger wings allow for flight-female of North American/European gyspy moth is flightless. In addition to flight, Asian gypsy moth have broader host range than gyspy moth. Asian gyspy moth will feed on conifers while gyspy moth won't. Note that only caterpillar stage of either strains feed, adult moths are short-lived and do not feed. The adults only mate, lay eggs and then die. |
| 2652079 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male(left) and female (right) Asian gypsy moths - shown for comparison |
| 2652080 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male (bottom right) and female (left) Asian gypsy moth shown for comparison |
| 2652081 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male (brown on bottom) and female (white)Asian shown for comparison |
| 2652082 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
pinned specimens of Asian gypsy moth males- Note variety in size and coloration. |
| 2652083 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
pinned specimens of Asian gypsy moth males - Note variety in size and coloration. |
| 2652084 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
pinned specimen, adult Asian gypsy moth male |
| 2652085 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
comparison of pinned specimen- adult Asian female (left) and adult female gypsy (right)-note large wings on Asian gyspy moth allow for flight-European female cannot fly. Asian gypsy moth bigger risk because of increased ability to spread after introduction. |
| 2652086 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
pinned specimen of adult Asian female |
| 2652087 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
pinned specimen of adult Eurpoean/North American female (top) and male (bottom) |
| 0907054 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female do not fly they crawl short distance from the pupation site, mate, lay eggs and die, note egg mass |
| 0488024 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
female and egg masses |
| 0488025 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
male and female |