Lymantica polycyma

Lymantica polycyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lymantriidae
Genus:	Lymantica
Species:	L. polycyma
Binomial name
	Lymantica polycyma; Collenette, 1936
Synonyms
	Lymantria polycyma Colette, 1936;

Lymantica polycyma is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in eastern Madagascar.

This species looks similar to Lymantica malgassica (Kenrick, 1914) but smaller, with shorter antennae and no trace of pink in the body, wings and legs and with very distinctive genitalia.

The length of the males is 31–36 mm (1.2–1.4 in) and of the females 39–47 mm (1.5–1.9 in).^[2]

References

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^ Collenette, 1936, New Lymantriidae from Madagascar, Novitates Zoologicae XL., 1936, pages 153-169, Plate 12, fig.41

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[2] Collenette, 1936, New Lymantriidae from Madagascar, Novitates Zoologicae XL., 1936, pages 153-169, Plate 12, fig.41

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