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Species Dasychira tephra - Hodges#8292

caterpillar ID - Dasychira tephra Tussock with cocoons - Dasychira tephra What Kind? - Dasychira tephra Dasychira tephra Tephra Tussock Moth - Dasychira tephra Dasychira tephra - female Dasychira tephra Dasychira tephra - female
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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 Dasychira
Species tephra (Dasychira tephra - Hodges#8292)
Hodges Number
8292
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasychira tephra Hübner, 1809
Numbers
Sixteen Dasychira species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)
Range
Eastern United States to Texas and Iowa.
Print References
Wagner, David L., 2005. Caterpillars of Eastern North America: a guide to identification and natural history.(2)
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico (3)
Ferguson, D. C., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 22.2: p. 25; pl. 2.1-12.(4)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.2. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae
D. C. Ferguson. 1978. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems