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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 » Dasychira » Yellow-based Tussock Moth - Hodges#8296 (Dasychira basiflava)

Species Dasychira basiflava - Yellow-based Tussock Moth - Hodges#8296

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 basiflava (Yellow-based Tussock Moth - Hodges#8296)
Hodges Number
8296
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasychira basiflava (Packard, 1864)
* phylogenetic sequence #930148
Size
Wingspan 30-39 mm (male), 42-54 mm (female)
Identification
Forewing dark brown, yellowish in basal areas, am. and pm. lines black, sinuous (1).

Detailed description available in MONA Fascicle 22-2 at link in citations below. (2)
Range
Eastern North America: Mass. and southern Ontario west to Iowa, Texas, south to South Carolina and perhaps Florida (1).
Habitat
Woodlands, especially dry areas
Season
June-August, earlier in spring in South. One flight in much of range, but a second is possible in southern areas (3).
Life Cycle
Larva feeds on oaks, also dogwood, blueberry (3).
See Also
Southern Tussock Moth, D. meridionalis, Variable Tussock Moth, D. vagans
Print References
Covell, p. 338, plate 44 #13, #18 (1)
Wagner, p. 444, photos of larva, adult (3)
Ferguson, D. C., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 22.2: p. 34; pl. 3.16-18, 20-27.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographer's Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.2. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae
D. C. Ferguson. 1978. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 September, 2005 - 11:20am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 April, 2023 - 2:43pm

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