Lymantria ampla
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Lymantria ampla 77005128.jpg
| image_caption = Adult
| genus = Lymantria
| species = ampla
| authority = (Walker, 1855)
| synonyms =
- Enome ampla Walker, 1855
- ?Aclonophlebia disparina Hering, 1926
- Enome ampla Swinhoe, 1923
}}
Lymantria ampla is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/d2957b014fd13ac57930b1e2b8d779c9 |title=Species Details: Lymantria ampla Walker, 1855 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=7 March 2018}} It is found in India{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/lymantria/#ampla |title=Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=10 October 2018}} and Sri Lanka.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/488/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |page=460 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757/ |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |via=Academia}}
Biology
The caterpillar is a pest of cotton,{{cite web |url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201302464163 |title=Observations on Lymantria ampla Walker (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) infesting cotton |publisher=National Agricultural Library |accessdate=7 March 2018}} Pelargonium, Quisqualis indica, Ricinus communis, Rosa, Tectona grandis, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia paniculata, Theobroma cacao, Trewia nudiflora, Adina, Anacardium occidentale, Begonia, Cajanus cajan, Carissa carandas, Cassia fistula, Casuarina, Coffea, Crotalaria, Eucalyptus, Ficus, Ficus religiosa, Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia thorelii, Malus pumila and Mangifera indica.{{cite web |url=http://hosts.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/24439 |title=Larval food plants of Lymantria ampla |publisher=Lepidoptera HOSTS |accessdate=7 March 2018}}
Control
Caterpillars can be destroyed by introducing natural parasites: Apanteles obliquae, Brachymeria porthetrialis and Cotesia glomeratus.{{Cite web |title=Lymantria ampla |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/31806 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=www.cabi.org}}
Gallery
Lymantria ampla 77005130.jpg|Head details
Lymantria ampla 77005139.jpg|Side-view of head
Lymantriinae-Kadavoor-2018-08-06-002.jpg|Caterpillar