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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » Western Tussock Moth - Hodges#8309 (Orgyia vetusta)

Species Orgyia vetusta - Western Tussock Moth - Hodges#8309

Classification · Hodges Number
Western Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Orgyia vetusta unknown caterpillar - Orgyia vetusta unknown caterpillar - Orgyia vetusta Western Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Orgyia vetusta Orgyia vetusta Orgyia vetusta Western Tussock Moth - Orgyia vetusta 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 Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)
Tribe Orgyiini
Genus Orgyia
Species vetusta (Western Tussock Moth - Hodges#8309)
Hodges Number
8309
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 26 May, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by John Davis
Last updated 9 September, 2008 - 7:09pm

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