Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae: Lymantria dispar [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae: Lymantria dispar
Common Name: Gypsy Moth

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 18 March 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Great Falls National Park
Keywords: A alien COCNHP gray moth pupa white moth
Additional Information: Here you see empty pupae, some partial egg masses, and some full egg masses of Gypsy Moths. This is an introduced Eurasian species that has caused $millions of damage to trees in the USA.

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