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    Taxonomic name: Lymantria mathura Moore
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    Organism type: insect
    Description
    Rose gypsy moths are moderately-sized, hairy and heavy-bodied. The females bear a thick anal tuft of scale hairs and the last three abdominal segments are extended. The ovipositor of L. mathura is elongated, but not as much as that of L. monacha. The hind wings of the female L. mathura are pink, those of the male are yellow; female wing-span is about 84 mm, that of male about 46 mm. The larvae are stout-bodied with prominent bristles. The larvae of L. mathura are peculiar in having one pair of anterior and two pairs of posterior hair pencils (long hair tufts) (Walker, 2005).

    Please follow this link to PaDIL (Pests and Diseases Image Library) Species Content Pages for high quality diagnostic descriptions and images of the nun moth Lymantria monacha

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    Last Modified: Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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