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Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Arctiini (tribe)/ Hyphantria (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1773)
Citation:	Phal.[aena] Bomb.[yx] Cunea
Original genus:	Bombyx
Publication:	Drury D. 1770–[1773]. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:	—
Volume:	1
Issue:
Pagination:	36, 131; pl. 18, fig. 4
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42147004

Taxonomic note:

Plate 18 and description p. 36 in volume I are nomina nuda; made available in the index on p. 131 (published in 1773).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)		unknown		Not stated.	United States of America	[U.S.A.], N America, New York.

Distribution note:

Nearctic: N Mexico, U.S.A.; Palaearctic: China, Iran, Japan, introduced in Hungary and spread through large parts of Europe, Near and Middle East, Turkey.

Scientific name	Country	Publication
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Nigeria	O'Hara J. E. & Ceretti P. 2016. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. page (only as the parasite)
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Saudi Arabia	Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 205
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	South Africa	Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. page (only as the parasite)
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	United Arab Emirates	O'Hara J. E. & Ceretti P. 2016. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. page (only as the parasite)
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Yemen	O'Hara J. E. & Ceretti P. 2016. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. page (only as the parasite)
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Zambia	Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. page (only as the parasite)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Corylus avellana	Betulaceae		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 205
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 205

Parasitoid note:

L. M. Cao et al. (2024) compiled a complete world checklist of predators and parasitoids.

Cao L. M., Wang X. Y., Petrice T. R. & Poland T. M. 2024. A checklist of the predators and parasitoids of the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from around the world.

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Compsilura concinnata	Diptera: Tachinidae	South Africa	O'Hara J. E., Henderson S. J. & Wood D. M. 2020. Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document.
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Dirhinus anthracia	Pteromalidae	South Africa	Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication.
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Dirhinus anthracia	Pteromalidae	Zambia	Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication.
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Exorista xanthaspis	Diptera: Tachinidae	United Arab Emirates	O'Hara J. E., Henderson S. J. & Wood D. M. 2020. Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document.
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Trichogramma minutum	Trichogrammatidae		Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication.
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)	Trichogramma ostriniae	Trichogrammatidae	South Africa	Noyes J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication.

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination