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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Family Lymantriidae - Tussock Moths

Tussock Moth - Orgyia detrita - female Rusty Tussock Moth - Orgyia antiqua Orgyia pseudotsugata - male Live Oak Tussock Moth, Individual 1 - Orgyia detrita - male Gypsy Moth antennae - Lymantria dispar - male Definite Tussock Moth - Orgyia definita - male Orgyia vetusta - male - female  Southern Tussock Moth -- Dasychira meridionalis - Dasychira meridionalis
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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)
Size
Wingspan 1.5-6.7 cm.
Identification
Medium sized. Females usually larger than males. Wings mostly brownish to grayish or white. Wings reduced to nubs or well developed in females of some species. Ocelli absent. Antennae bipectinate.
Larvae generally very hairy, usually with two anterior and two or three posterior long hair tufts.
Internet References
pinned adult image thumbnails of species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult image thumbnails of species in western Canada (CBIF)
classification of superfamily Noctuoidea, showing seven families (All-Leps)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell