Lymantria monacha

Taxonomic position
▼ Lymantria (genus) ▼ Erebidae ▼ Noctuoidea ▼ Lepidoptera ▼ Insect pests (plants/storage) ► Pests-diseases-weeds

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Lymantria monacha male (click on image to enlarge it)
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Lymantria monacha Linnaeus - tussock moth
is a serious polyphagous forest pest in Europe and Asia. It attacks specially spruce.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

Vernacular names
• Deutsch:	Nonne
• English:	tussock moth nun moth

• Other images of Lymantria monacha (IPM Images and PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  larva

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  larva on spruce

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  larva, feeding on spruce needle

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  forewing

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  female, hindwing