Lymantica polycyma is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lymantica |
| Species: | L. polycyma
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| Binomial name | |
| Lymantica polycyma Collenette, 1936[1]
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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
edit- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Lymantria polycyma Collenette, 1936". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Collenette, 1936, New Lymantriidae from Madagascar, Novitates Zoologicae XL., 1936, pages 153-169, Plate 12, fig.41
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