Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tussock Moth
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]
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
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Suborder:
Glossata
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
()
- Family:
Lymantriidae
()
- Tussock Moths
- Tribe:
Lymantriini
()
- Tribe:
Lymantriini
(
- Family:
Lymantriidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Suborder:
Glossata
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lymantria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. antennata (Tussock Moth) · L. diehli (Asian Gypsy Moth) · L. dispar (Gypsy Moth) · L. dispar MNPV (Lymantria Dispar MNPV) · L. lunata (Luna Gypsy Moth) · L. mathura (Rosy Gypsy Moth) · L. monacha (Nun Moth) · L. nephrographa (Tussock Moth) · L. pelospila (Tussock Moth) · L. xylina (Casuarina Moth)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum / by C. Swinhoe. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1900. url p. 220.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. [Brisbane, Royal Society of Queensland]1885- url p. 23.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 423.
- Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1890-1903. url p. 181.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7945045
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-52386.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1036257
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=87&sci=Lymantriidae&com=Tussock Moths [back]
