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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » Orgyia magna - Hodges#8310 (Orgyia magna)

Species Orgyia magna - Hodges#8310

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Orgyia magna - male Moth for ID - Orgyia magna - male Tussock Moth - Orgyia magna - male 8310 - Orgyia magna 8310 - Orgyia magna 8310 - Orgyia magna
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Lymantriinae (Tussock Moths)
Tribe Orgyiini
Genus Orgyia
Species magna (Orgyia magna - Hodges#8310)
Hodges Number
8310
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orgyia magna Ferguson, 1977 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930162 (2)
Identification
Range
California, Nevada. (3), (1)
Holotype collected at Rancho La Sierra, Riverside Co., California. (1)
Season
Adults are most common from April to September. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1978. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 22.2: p. 67; pl. 8.28-33. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.2. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae
D. C. Ferguson. 1978. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 May, 2013 - 9:50am
Last updated 19 May, 2013 - 1:09pm

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