Lymantica is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1936.
Taxonomy The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms give this name as a synonym of Lymantria Hübner, . Afromoths lists it as a full genus with the species below.
Species listed by Afromoths Lymantica arrheta (Collenette, 1959) Lymantica canariensis (Kenrick, 1914) Lymantica castaneostriata (Kenrick, 1914) Lymantica cidariensis Kühne, 2010 Lymantica hypobolimaea (Collenette, 1959) Lymantica leucophaes (Collenette, 1936) Lymantica malgassica (Kenrick, 1914) Lymantica phaeosericea (Mabille, 1884) Lymantica pruinosa (Butler, 1879) Lymantica radiata Griveaud, 1977 Lymantica rufofusca (Mabille, 1900) Lymantica suarezia (Mabille, 1898) Lymantica velutina (Mabille, 1879) Lymantica xanthosoma (Saalmüller, 1884)
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