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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
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Moth species - Orgyia leucostigma
Copyright © 2008 David Arbour

Moth species - Orgyia leucostigma
Shady Lake Rec. Area near Athens, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
October 31, 2008
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Contributed by David Arbour on 21 November, 2008 - 8:42pm
Last updated 19 December, 2008 - 3:07pm

This is a...
... Tussock moth, but someone with more expertise will have to give you a species.
… Carmen Champagne, 22 November, 2008 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

 
I think
maybe Orgyia
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2008 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Male (females are wingless). The white dots on the wings seem diagnostic for this species. Nice pattern it is resting on, too:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 December, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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