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Orgyia leucostigma (White-marked Tussock Moth)

Synonyms: Hemerocampa leucostigma; Orgyia obliviosa

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-marked tussock moth (Orgyia leucostigma) is a moth in the family Lymantriidae. The caterpillar is very common especially in late summer in eastern North America, extending as far west as Texas, Colorado, and Alberta. Also found in Southern England Europe.
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Infraspecies

Orgyia leucostigma intermedia
Orgyia leucostigma leucostigma
Orgyia leucostigma libera

Prey / Diet

Consumers

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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