Lymantriidae
Lymantriidae adalah familia ngengat. Fase ulat, atau larva, dari spesies ini memiliki ciri fisik yang khas, yaitu rambut-rambut yang dapat menimbulkan reaksi yang membuat gatal apabila bersentuhan dengan kulit manusia.
| Lymantriidae
| |
|---|---|
Lymantriidae  | |
| Taksonomi | |
| Superkerajaan | Holozoa |
| Kerajaan | Animalia |
| Filum | Arthropoda |
| Kelas | Insecta |
| Ordo | Lepidoptera |
| Upaordo | Glossata |
| Infraordo | Heteroneura |
| Superfamili | Noctuoidea |
| Famili | Lymantriidae |
| Diversitas | |
About 350 genera, 2,500-2,700+ species | |
| Tata nama | |
| Nama zoologis ini berkoordinasi dengan | Lymantriinae, Lymantriini dan Lymantriina |
| Tribes | |
| Lymantriini Arctornithini | |
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Yang termasuk ke dalam Familia Lymantriidae ada lebih dari 350 genera dan lebih dari 2.500 spesies di seluruh dunia di kelima benua. Kebanyakan dari spesies-spesies Lymantriidae berada di sub-Sahara Afrika, India, Asia Tenggara, dan Amerika Selatan.
Spesies yang terkenal
sunting- Brown-tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea
- Yellow-tail, Euproctis similis
- Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
- Nun Moth, Lymantria monacha
- Pale tussock moth, Calliteara pudibunda
- Pine tussock moth, Dasychira plagiata
- Arctic woollybear moth, Gynaephora groenlandica
- Rusty tussock moth or Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua
- Western tussock moth, Orgyia vetusta
- White-marked tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma
- Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudostugata
- Satin moth, Leucoma salicis
- Coca moth, Eloria noyesi
- Painted apple moth, Teia anartoides
- Rahona
Referensi
sunting- Chinery, Michael (1991): Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe (2nd edition).
- Ferguson, D.C. (1978): Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae. In: The Moths of America North of Mexico (vol. 22-2). London: E. W. Classey.
- Holloway, J.D. (2006): Moths of Borneo The Moths of Borneo, part 5: Family Lymantriidae. Accessed Aug. 13, 2006.
- Schaefer, Paul (1989): Diversity in form, function, behavior, and ecology, In: USDA Forest Service (ed.): Proceedings, Lymantriidae: a comparison of features of New and Old World tussock moths: 1-19. Broomall, PA
- Scoble, M. J. (1992): The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Skinner, Bernard (1984): Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles.
- Schintlmeister, Alexander (2004): The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae).