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nun moth
Lymantria monacha (Linnaeus)


Taxonomic Rank: Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Lepidoptera > Lymantriidae > Lymantria
Common Name Synonym(s): black arches, black-arched tussock
Category: Insects: Foliage Feeding Insects

128 Records
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0017003 Egg(s)

egg mass

0017004 Larva(e)

newly hatched larvae on pine bark

0017005 Damage

defoliation

0017006 Damage

defoliation to understory

0534086 Damage
0534094 Larva(e)
1191017 Larva(e) feeding spruce needles
1191018 Damage to needles
1191019 Damage heavy defoliation, 1996
1191020 Damage total defoliation, 1994
1194078 Adult(s) male
1194082 Adult(s) female
1220032 Pupa(e)
1220033 Pupa(e)
1220034 Pupa(e)
1220035 Pupa(e)
1220036 Larva(e)
1220037 Larva(e)
1220038 Adult(s) black morph male
1220039 Adult(s) male
1220040 Adult(s) female
1258009 Egg(s)
1258010 Pupa(e) Exuvia
1258011 Adult(s) Female
1258012 Larva(e) Dorsal view
1258013 Larva(e) Young larva feeding
1258014 Damage
1258015 Larva(e)
1258016 Larva(e) Mass of neonate larvae
1258017 Adult(s) Front view of male
1258018 Adult(s) Male
1258213 Damage
1259096 Damage
1259097 Damage defoliation
1259098 Damage Defoliation
1259099 Survey
1259100 Damage Defoliation
1259101 Larva(e)
1259102 Larva(e)
1259103 Egg(s)
1259104 Larva(e)
1259105 Damage
1259106 Larva(e)
1259108 Trap(s)
1259109 Damage
1259110 Control Helicopter-mounted sprayer
1259111 Control Helicopter-mounted sprayer
1259112 Adult(s)
1259116 Egg(s)
1259117 Damage
1259118 Pupa(e) Pupal chamber
1259119 Pupa(e) Pupal chamber
1259120 Damage
1259122 Feature(s) Frass
1259123 Feature(s) Frass
1259124 Larva(e)
1259125 Adult(s)
1259126 Damage
1259128 Larva(e)
1259129 Larva(e) Feeding on needle
1259130 Larva(e) Feeding on needle
1259131 Survey
1259132 Larva(e)
1259135 Feature(s) Redevelopment of leaves following defoliation
1259136 Larva(e)
1260001 Adult(s) Female and male (black morph) Sachsen, Germany
1260002 Adult(s) Female Sachsen, Germany
1260003 Adult(s) Female (upper) and male (black morph) Sachsen, Germany
1260005 Adult(s) Male, black morph Sachsen, Germany
1260008 Adult(s) 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
1260011 Egg(s) Eggs under bark scales. First layer of bark removed. Sachsen, Germany
1260012 Egg(s) Eggs under bark scales. First layer of bark removed. Sachsen, Germany
1260013 Pupa(e) Empty pupae of nun moth and gypsy moth. The nun moth with a gleam pupae surface and white-yellow bristles. The gypsy moth with dull surface and dark-yellow bristles. Sachsen, Germany
1260014 Adult(s) Dead adults of nun moth and gypsy moth Sachsen, Germany
1260019 Adult(s) Male. Sachsen, Germany
1260020 Adult(s) Female, dark morph. Sachsen, Germany
1260021 Adult(s) Male, grey morph. Sachsen, Germany
1260022 Adult(s) Male, black morph. Sachsen, Germany
1260023 Adult(s) Female Sachsen, Germany
1260024 Adult(s) Female Sachsen, Germany
1260025 Larva(e) Starved larva during outbreak. Sachsen, Germany
1260026 Larva(e) Starved and probably virus infected larva during outbreak. Sachsen, Germany
1260027 Biological Control Hemiptera adult feeding on adult female, usually weakened females after egg laying are attacked. Sachsen, Germany
1260028 Larva(e)
1260029 Biological Control Male being attacked by spider. Sachsen, Germany
1260030 Biological Control Hemiptera adult feeding on female adult. Sachsen, Germany
1260031 Larva(e) Starved larva during outbreak. Sachsen, Germany
1260032 Larva(e) Fifth stage. Sachsen, Germany
1260033 Larva(e) Fifth stage. Sachsen, Germany
1260034 Adult(s) Female, pale or light morph. Sachsen, Germany
1260045 Damage Totally defoliated tree. Sachsen, Germany
1260046 Damage Heavy defoliation. Sachsen, Germany
1260047 Damage Heavy defoliation. Sachsen, Germany
1260048 Damage Upper part of varying defoliated trees. Left tree: this year's needles are not attacked, total loss of last year's needles. Two central trees: total loss of last year's needles, lower branches of this year's needles are removed. Right tree: total loss of all needles. Sachsen, Germany
1260049 Damage Upper part of varying defoliated trees. Left tree: only this year's needles on the tip of this year's shoot are not attacked. Total loss of last year's needles. Right tree: all of this year's needles and older needles in upper part of tree are not eaten. Sachsen, Germany
1269029 Damage Infested stand. Switzerland
1269030 Damage European larch and Norway spruce stand damage. Switzerland
1292027 Diagram or Graphic Adults
1329039 Larva(e) Female. Asiago, Italy 14 July 1995
1329040 Adult(s) Asiago, Italy 10 August 1988
1399009 Trap(s) pheromone trap for population monitoring
1399010 Trap(s) pheromone trap for population monitoring
2112081 Pupa(e) pupal exuviae
2112082 Larva(e) first instar caterpillar; 1996
2112083 Larva(e) caterpillar ; 1996
2112084 Larva(e) caterpillar ; 1996
2112085 Adult(s) male; 1994
2112086 Adult(s) female; 1994
2112087 Adult(s) female; August 1996
2133073 Damage Pinus stand 2 year after a strong foliation with death trees, some trees with a flaked defoliation are still in critical status
2133074 Damage Pinus stand 2 year after a strong foliation with death trees, some trees with a flaked defoliation are still in critical status
2133075 Damage Pinus stand 2 year after a strong foliation with death trees, some trees with a flaked defoliation are still in critical status
2133076 Damage Pinus tree with a flaked foliation
2133077 Damage Pinus trees 2006, two years after a strong defolation 2004, see image 1260048 with these defoliated trees 2004
2133084 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, hole crown of tree A
2133085 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, detail of tree A
2133086 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, hole crown of tree B
2133087 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, detail of tree B
2133088 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, hole crown of tree C
2133089 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, detail of tree C
2133090 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, hole crown of tree D
2133091 Damage defoliation pattern of Pinus sylvestris after the second year of a Nun Moth outbreak; in the second year new year needles are not attacked, in contrast to the older needles, detail of tree D
2515023 Larva(e)
2515024 Adult(s)
2515025 Larva(e) young caterpillar
2515026 Pupa(e)
2515027 Egg(s)
5371154 Adult(s)


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