Species Orgyia vetusta - Western Tussock Moth - Hodges#8309

Classification · Hodges Number · Internet References

Western Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Orgyia vetusta

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Lymantriinae (Tussock Moths)

Tribe Orgyiini

Genus Orgyia

Species vetusta (Western Tussock Moth - Hodges#8309)

Hodges Number

8309

Internet References

Life History of Western Tussock Moths, Orgyia vetusta with Parasitoid Activity - Great photos and info from Joyce Gross at University of California at Berkeley.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 26 May, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by John Davis, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 11:02pm

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