Black arches

Black arches
Male (black arches)
Female (dark variant)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lymantria
Species:
L. monacha
Binomial name
Lymantria monacha
Synonyms
  • Phalaena monacha Linnaeus, 1758
  • Liparis monacha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ocneria monacha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Porthetria monacha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Psilura monacha (Linnaeus, 1758)

The black arches or nun moth (Lymantria monacha) is a small Palaearctic moth. It is considered a forest pest.

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