Definition of Genus Lymantria

1. Noun. Type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer').

Exact synonyms: Lymantria
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lymantriidae, Lymantriidae
Member holonyms: Gipsy Moth, Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lymantria

genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena
genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon
genus Lycopersicum
genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria (current term)
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura
genus Macowanites

Literary usage of Genus Lymantria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"... one a Butterfly and the other a Moth, should both have become practically extinct in England through the draining of the fens. genus Lymantria. ..."

2. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"... India were entirely stripped of all green leaves over a very large area by species of caterpillars of the genus Lymantria (Stebbing 1914). ..."

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