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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)
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Some kind of tussock moth? - Dasychira basiflava
Copyright © 2013 Joe Girgente

Some kind of tussock moth? - Dasychira basiflava
Richmond County, Virginia, USA
June 12, 2013
Size: approx 2 inches
Appears similar to a white-marked tussock moth but with some color variations and 4 tufts of long hair at the ends instead of the usual 3. Found on my car under some birch and beech trees.
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Contributed by Joe Girgente on 12 June, 2013 - 10:13am
Last updated 21 December, 2015 - 7:34pm

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Moved from Dasychira.
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… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2013 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

This one is a Dasychira, not Orgyia, but close
the black setae look long and narrow, not plumed, so we would suggest D. basiflava
… john and jane balaban, 12 June, 2013 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It appears you are correct! I couldn't find this tussock moth in any of my searches. Thank you so much!
… Joe Girgente, 12 June, 2013 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

I'm posting a picture of the same catipillar today!
Please let me know of you get this identified :-)
… erin campion, 12 June, 2013 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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