Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 477 No. 477 |

Lymantria dispar, the gypsy moth, are moths in the family Erebidae. Lymantria dispar covers many subspecies, subspecies identification such as L. d. dispar or L. d. japonica leaves no ambiguity in identification. Lymantria dispar subspecies have a range which covers in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South America.
Ancestry Graph
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classDef active fill:#fff
arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->butterflies-and-moths("order: Butterflies and Moths"):::active
butterflies-and-moths-.->brush-footed-butterflies("family: Brush-footed Butterflies")
butterflies-and-moths-.->concealer-moths("family: Concealer Moths")
butterflies-and-moths-.->cutworm-moths-and-allies("family: Cutworm Moths and Allies")
butterflies-and-moths-.->fairy-moths("family: Fairy Moths")
butterflies-and-moths-.->geometer-moths("family: Geometer Moths")
butterflies-and-moths-.->gossamer-winged-butterflies("family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies")
butterflies-and-moths-.->plutellidae("family: Plutellidae")
butterflies-and-moths-.->rusty-tussock-moth(["species: Rusty Tussock Moth"])
butterflies-and-moths==>spongy-moth(["species: Spongy Moth"]):::active
butterflies-and-moths-.->tortricid-leafroller-moths("family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths")
butterflies-and-moths-.->whites-yellows-and-sulphurs("family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs")
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click concealer-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/concealer-moths/"
click cutworm-moths-and-allies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/cutworm-moths-and-allies/"
click fairy-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/fairy-moths/"
click geometer-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/geometer-moths/"
click gossamer-winged-butterflies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/gossamer-winged-butterflies/"
click plutellidae href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/plutellidae/"
click rusty-tussock-moth href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/rusty-tussock-moth/"
click spongy-moth href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/spongy-moth/"
click tortricid-leafroller-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/tortricid-leafroller-moths/"
click whites-yellows-and-sulphurs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click butterflies-and-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/"
This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „A song in rustling leaves“
To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.


