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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
  7. Orgyia
  8. Western Tussock Moth

species 9,915 observations

Western Tussock Moth

Orgyia vetusta

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

174 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Coast Live Oak, Toyon, Black Locust, California Buckwheat 172
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Poppy, California Adolphia 2

Range

United States

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

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