Lymantria subrosea

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Lymantria subrosea singapura 119381848.jpg

| image_caption = Lymantria subrosea singapura

| genus = Lymantria

| species = subrosea

| authority = Walker, 1855

| synonyms =

  • Lymantria rosea Hampson, [1893]
  • ?Lymantria rosea Hampson, 1893
  • Liparis subrosea Swinhoe, 1923

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Lymantria subrosea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from Sri Lanka{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |via=Academia}}{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/lymantria/#subrosea |title=Lymantria subrosea Swinhoe, 1903 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=10 October 2018}} to China and Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Seram, the Lesser Sundas to Timor.{{cite web |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-2/family-erebidae.php |title=Tribe Lymantriini (32 species) |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=7 March 2018}} The Sumatran population is categorized under the subspecies, Lymantria subrosea singapura.

The caterpillar is a pest of Terminalia cala and Shorea robusta.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2Edsml&sort=family&beginIndex=47040&family=copromorphidae& |title=HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=The Natural History Museum |accessdate=7 March 2018}}

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