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

WBC tussock moth, dorsal view - Halysidota schausi Halysidota schausi Caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Be-whiskered caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Schaus' Tussock Moth (Halysidota schausi) - Halysidota schausi Caterpillar - Halysidota schausi Schaus' Tussock Moth caterpillar climbing silk thread - Halysidota schausi 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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