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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 » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
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White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - male
Copyright © 2014 Nigel Grindley

White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - Male
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
July 29, 2014
This moth has broad feathery antennae and several reflective "metallic" spots on its back.

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White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - male Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - male
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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 22 October, 2014 - 7:08pm
Last updated 29 October, 2018 - 9:21pm

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Orgyia ...
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Orgyia
Many thanks. Your clue suggests to me that this may well be a White-marked Tussock moth; I found several Orgyia leucostigma caterpillars on our blueberry bushes 2-3 weeks earlier.
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