Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

See Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Dasychira

Genus Dasychira

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dasychira obliquata ? - Dasychira obliquata Streaked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8302 - Dasychira obliquata Lymantriinae - Dasychira Tussock Moth - Dasychira tephra unknown moth - Dasychira Dasychira? - Dasychira Dasychira meridionalis Moth to porch light - Dasychira obliquata - female
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Dasychira
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasychira Hübner, 1819
Numbers
Sixteen Dasychira species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)
Dasychira atrivenosa
Dasychira basiflava
Dasychira cinnamomea
Dasychira dominickaria
Dasychira dorsipennata
Dasychira grisefacta
Dasychira leucophaea
Dasychira manto
Dasychira matheri
Dasychira meridionalis
Dasychira mescalera
Dasychira obliquata
Dasychira pinicola
Dasychira plagiata
Dasychira tephra
Dasychira vagans
Print References
Covell, pp. 337-339, plates 44, 45 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photo of living Dasychira species found in America north of Mexico.
North Carolina State Univ. Entomology lists 6 species for that state.
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 January, 2005 - 2:48am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 16 April, 2014 - 4:45pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2023 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact