Species Halysidota harrisii - Sycamore Tussock Moth - Hodges#8204

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Harris' Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii

Sycamore Tussock Moth - Halysidota harrisii

Tiger Moth caterpillar Head view - Halysidota harrisii

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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

Species harrisii (Sycamore Tussock Moth - Hodges#8204)

Hodges Number

8204

Range

outhern MI and New England to FL and TX

Food

Sycamore

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America By David L. Wagner

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, anitagould
Last updated 28 May, 2007 - 4:58pm

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