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University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Species Halysidota harrisii - Sycamore Tussock Moth - Hodges#8204

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