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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
  7. Orgyiini
  8. Dasychira

genus

Dasychira

Dasychira

Includes
13 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, North America, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.

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Children

  • Southern Tussock Moth native
  • Streaked Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Variable Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Yellow-based Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Northern Pine Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Manto Tussock Moth native
  • Tephra Tussock Moth native
  • Grizzled Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Dasychira atrivenosa native
  • Sharp-lined Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Pine Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira leucophaea presumed native
  • Dasychira dominickaria native
  • Cinnamon Tussock Moth presumed native
  • Dasychira mescalera

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Dasychira All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Southern Tussock Moth Dasychira meridionalis 4,307 observations
  • Manto Tussock Moth Dasychira manto 536 observations
  • Tephra Tussock Moth Dasychira tephra 359 observations
  • Dasychira atrivenosa 157 observations
  • Dasychira dominickaria 21 observations

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