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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 » Douglas Fir Tussock - Hodges#8312 (Orgyia pseudotsugata)
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Tussock moth - Orgyia pseudotsugata
Copyright © 2008 Wendy 10

Tussock moth - Orgyia pseudotsugata
near Fairfax, Marin County, California, USA
May 27, 2008
Size: 1.5 cm
Can anyone help get this down to species? I checked on this site and it doesn't seem quite like any that are posted.
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Contributed by Wendy 10 on 27 May, 2008 - 10:17pm
Last updated 26 December, 2008 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from Orgyiini.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 8 November, 2008 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
instar? sub-species?
None of the others on the web site have this yellow spot. Is this a different instar or a sub-species?
… Wendy 10, 26 December, 2008 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
We don't know enough to be able to say
for sure, but it seems that yellows and whites in the tufts seem pretty variable. We were looking at the side tufts and tubercles when we moved it. Was it in an area where Doug Fir is found? Otherwise this may be O. vetusta instead.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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