Genus Dasychira

Classification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Variable Tussock Moth - Dasychira vagans

Cinnamon Tussock Moth - Dasychira cinnamomea

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)

Tribe Orgyiini

Genus Dasychira

Remarks

Guide TBA--PC.

Print References

Covell, pp. 337-339, plates 44, 45 (1)

Internet References

North Carolina State Univ. Entomology lists 6 species for that state.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 January, 2005 - 2:48am

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