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Orgyia definita (definite tussock moth)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Definite Tussock Moth or Definite-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia definita) is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found from Minnesota to New Brunswick and south to South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The wingspan is about 30 mm for males. Adult males are brown with a darker pattern and some white markings, while females are wingless.
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Infraspecies

Orgyia definita definita
Orgyia definita kendalli

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0