Genus Halysidota

Classification · Numbers

Harris' Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii

Banded Tussock Moth - Halysidota tessellaris

Unidentified Moth - Halysidota tessellaris

moth with blue stripes - Halysidota tessellaris

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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 Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)

Tribe Phaegopterini

Genus Halysidota

Numbers

cinctipes Grote, 1865

davisii Hy. Edwards, 1874

harrisii Walsh, 1864

schausi Rothschild, 1909

tessellaris (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 28 December, 2008 - 11:19am

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