EPPO Global Database

Lymantria dispar(LYMADI)

Overview
Code created in: 2000-12-25

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LYMADI
  • Preferred name: Lymantria dispar
  • Authority: (Linnaeus)

Notes

Since 2021, the Entomological Society of America and of Canada recommend to use the name "spongy moth" instead of "gypsy moth" due to “gypsy” being a widely acknowledged ethnic slur. See https://entsoc.org/publications/common-names/spongy-moth.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Ocneria dispar (Linnaeus)
Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus)

Common names
Name Language
gypsy moth English
spongy moth English (US)
gemeiner Schwammspinner German
Großdickkopf German
großer Schwammspinner German
bombyx disparate French
spongieuse French
zig-zag French
lagarta peluda de los encinares Spanish
bombice dispari Italian
farfalla dispari Italian
limantria dispari Italian
plakker Dutch
stamuil Dutch
zigzag Dutch
lagarta-do-sobreiro Portuguese
limântria Portuguese
lövskogsnunna Swedish
trädgårdsnunna Swedish
maimaiga Japanese
непарный шелкопряд Russian
lovskovnonne Danish
lauvskognonne Norwegian
lehtinunna Finnish
kir tirtili Turkish
tavai haalon hasayir Hebrew