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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 » Box-elder Tussock Moth - Hodges#8315 (Orgyia leuschneri)

Species Orgyia leuschneri - Box-elder Tussock Moth - Hodges#8315

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Orgyia leuschneri? - Orgyia leuschneri - male

Furry Yellow Caterpillar - Orgyia leuschneri

Box-elder Tussock Moth Caterpillar at Wet Beaver Creek - Orgyia leuschneri

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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 Orgyia

Species leuschneri (Box-elder Tussock Moth - Hodges#8315 )

Hodges Number

8315

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orgyia leuschneri Riotte, 1972

Early publications listed several subspecies but they are not mentioned in the 2010 checklist. (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930167

Numbers

There are ten named Orgyia species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Range

Arizona to New Mexico and Utah. (2), (3), (4)

Food

Larval host include box elder, Acer negundo. (5)

See Also

Orgyia definita which have yellow heads and are found in eastern North America

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Ferguson, D.C. 1978. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 22.2. p. 79; pl. 8.47-48, A.10-12. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.2. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae D. C. Ferguson. 1978. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 June, 2011 - 9:28pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:35pm

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