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PORTHETRIA DISPAR [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
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)
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)
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