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Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Lymantria dispar
Latin
Porthetria dispar
Latin
DEF

An Old World tussock moth (Porthetria dispar) introduced about 1869 into the U.S. that has a brown male and a larger whitish female with wings marked by dark lines and that develops as a grayish brown mottled hairy caterpillar which is a very destructive defoliator of many trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lymantria dispar
Latin
Porthetria dispar
Latin
CONT

Cette mouche est fort utile car ses larves sont endoparasites des chenilles du disparate (Lymantria dispar).

OBS

Insecte ravageur des forêts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Lymantria dispar
Latin
Porthetria dispar
Latin
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