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| Black arches | |
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| Male (black arches) | |
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| Female (dark variant) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lymantria |
| Species: | L. monacha
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| Binomial name | |
| Lymantria monacha | |
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The black arches or nun moth (Lymantria monacha)[1] is a small Palaearctic moth. It is considered a forest pest.[2]
- ^ Carter, David. Butterflies and Moths, Dorling Kindersley, pg 271
- ^ Canadian Food Inspection Agency Factsheet Archived November 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine