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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » Fir Tussock Moth - Hodges#8313 (Orgyia detrita)
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Whitemarked Tussock Moth - Orgyia detrita
Copyright © 2004 Alan Chin-Lee

Whitemarked Tussock Moth - Orgyia detrita
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Similar to Orgyia detrita, Orgyia leucostigma is very similar but has a lighter overall body coloring. Larvae feed on Oaks. My larvae look quite different from the others on this page, so I will have to investigate my ID further. Check http://eny3541.ifas.ufl.edu/Tussock/Orgyia.htm for information.
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Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 5 September, 2004 - 11:30pm
Last updated 26 December, 2008 - 10:19am

Moved
Moved from White-marked Tussock Moth.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Rusty Tussock Moth
Orgyia antigua is not a species that is currently represented on this site, but if you have pictures please feel free to post them, and new guide page will have to be created to accommodate them. I was unable to find if this species has made it to Florida.
… Alan Chin-Lee, 6 September, 2004 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
I believe this is a light-colored Orgyia detrita
compare these shots from the University of Florida here. This species is supposedly more common than O leucostigma in FL. According to Wagner, the orange warts are diagnostic.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 May, 2006 - 3:44am login or register to post comments

other Orgyias
Does O. antigua John Snyder fit in here someplace too? Has it made it down to Florida? We haven't seen a US map for it.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2004 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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