Interesting Facts
Description
Family Lymantriidae
'The Tussock
Moths are medium-sized moths, with wings
that are most often brownish to grayish or white. They are often forest
pests. Females are typically larger than males, and in some species the females'' wings are reduced to nubs or are nonfunctional. Both sexes have bipectinate antennae, and adult
wingspan is 1.5-6.7 cm. Larvae are typically very hairy
and usually have two anterior and two to three posterior long hair tufts. Stinging
hairs
are present in some species, such as the Browntail Moth. Larvae feed on foliage
of many trees
and shrubs
but usually not on herbaceous plants
. The Gypsy Moth is the most important of these forest pests in eastern North America.
'[1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,693 meters (0 to 12,116 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Suborder:
Glossata
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
()
- Family:
Lymantriidae
()
- Tussock Moths
- Genus:
Dicallomera
()
- Butler, 1881
- Specific name:
fascelina
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Dicallomera fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
fascelina
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Dicallomera
(
- Family:
Lymantriidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Suborder:
Glossata
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dicallomera
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Further Reading
- British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 50, p. 56.
- Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 10, p. 44.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Bugs
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Lepidoptera dataset
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Scarce Macro Moth Review Data
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2965608
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4532297
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 628926
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=87&sci=Lymantriidae&com=Tussock Moths [back]
- Mean = 141.610 meters (464.600 feet), Standard Deviation = 261.090 based on 28,628 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
