Lymantria todara Moore, 1879 -

Taxonomic Information

Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. India:S. & W. India. 
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka; “India”. 
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. W. & S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India; Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis. 
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. India: S India; Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). India: S. India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India; Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004. S. India.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. S. India.
Lymantria vinacea Moore, 1879. S. India.
 
NW Himalaya & Nepal 
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. NW India. 
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. NW India. 
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903 NW India; Nepal. 
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. NW. India; Nepal. 
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). India: NW. Himalaya.
 
E. Himalaya 
Lymantria obsoleta obsoleta Walker, 1855. NE India. 
Lymantria plumbalis Hampson, 1895. TL: Myanmar; India: Nagaland. 
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan; NE India. 
Lymantria bivittata bivittata Moore, 1879. India: C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, Andamans.
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya. 
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879 treated as a separate species on the website. 
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India (Meghalaya)
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. India: NE India.
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004.India:  NE India. 

Himalaya
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. India: Himalaya, NE India; Bangladesh. 
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. India: N. India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. India: Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. India: Himalaya.

Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala21
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1521
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2251221
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879: Lagerstroemia parviflora (Lythraceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879: 402, pl. 33, f. 6; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen792zool#page/402/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen792zool#page/n127/mode/1up
  2. Schintlmeister, A., 2004. The taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER,[1819](Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. Pg 85, Map Fig. 284, Image Fig. 320-325.
  3. Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 140. 
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Lymantria todara Moore, 1879 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/lymantria-todara, accessed 2025/04/23.