Lymantria concolor
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| genus = Lymantria
| species = concolor
| authority = Walker, 1855
| synonyms =
- Liparis concolor
- Lymantria superans Walker, 1855
- Lymantria micans Felder, 1874
- Lymantria carnecolor Moore, 1888
- Lymantria horishana Matsumura, 1931
- Lymantria concolor lacteipennis Collenette, 1933
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Lymantria concolor is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Sikkim, the Himalayas, Taiwan{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 5, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/lymantriinae/lymantria/#concolor |title=Lymantria concolor Walker, 1855 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=March 24, 2020}} and Thailand.{{cite web |url=http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/01_Lymantria/Lymantria%20concolor/Lymantria%20concolor.htm |title=Lymantria concolor Walker |script-work=ja:みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 |trans-work=An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone |language=ja |accessdate=March 24, 2020}}
The wingspan is 40–54 mm.[http://www.geocities.ws/notodontidae/lyma.15.html "Lymantria concolor horishana Matsumura"]. Oriental Butterflies & Moths. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
The larvae defoliate fruit trees.
The secretions of Lymantria concolor caterpillars contain volatile secondary metabolites{{Cite journal |last=Deml |first=R. |date=April 2004 |title=Effects of age and food source on secondary chemistry of larvae of Lymantria species (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/abs/effects-of-age-and-food-source-on-secondary-chemistry-of-larvae-of-lymantria-species-lepidoptera-lymantriidae/D74229DAC22B3C6FD11B0CCFEE3D4526 |journal=Bulletin of Entomological Research |volume=94 |issue=2 |pages=137–143 |doi=10.1079/BER2004292 |issn=1475-2670|url-access=subscription }} that serve as a defense against predators. The chemical composition of their secretions changes with age.