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Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Erebidae

Lymantria dispar, also known as the gypsy moth, and in the United States, the spongy moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae native to Europe and Asia. Lymantria dispar is subdivided into several subspecies, with subspecies such as L. d.

Distribution

Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 27,374United States of America · 9,953Germany · 7,191Canada · 5,108United Kingdom · 2,057Austria · 540Sweden · 514Portugal · 498Belgium · 283Luxembourg · 126Denmark · 15Norway · 1FranceItalySpainSwitzerland