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Species Halysidota schausi - Schaus' Tussock Moth - Hodges#8205.1

Representative Images

Caterpillar on hackberry tree trunk - Halysidota schausi Halysidota schausi Caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Be-whiskered caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Schaus' Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Tussock Moth - Halysidota schausi moth - Halysidota schausi
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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Phaegopterina
Genus Halysidota
Species schausi (Schaus' Tussock Moth - Hodges#8205.1)

Hodges Number

8205.1

Range

Mexico north to US border regions in TX, NM, perhaps AZ; south to at least Ecuador, also Martinique in the Lesser Antilles.

Season

Adults fly mainly in the autumn; caterpillars frequently observed during the summer.

Food

apparently unknown

See Also

Knudson and Bordelon note "A common species in the [Lower Rio Grande] valley and fairly common in southwestern Texas. There are five other similar species that may occur in the area occasionally, but this is the only one we have seen in the valley."

Print References

Knudson, E.C., and C. Bordelon 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths. Texas Lepidoptera Survey.

Internet References

Dave Czaplak's Arctiid photos

BAMONA

Collection of the Siberian Zoological Museum

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles

Janzen Caterpillar image
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 25 August, 2008 - 4:25pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Ron M.
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 1:09pm

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