Tolype laricis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Lasiocampidae

'Moths of this family are medium-sized with hairy bodies that usually exceed hindwing in length . Wingspan is 2.5-5.8 cm., and ocelli are absent. In both sexes, the antennae are bipectinate to the tips . When resting, these moths hold their wings like a roof over their bodies. Larvae are colorful, longitudinally striped, and densely hairy. Some species are serious pests in forests and on shade trees . Larvae of some species build communal webs (or "tents") in trees for protection from predators , leaving these webs to feed on foliage of the host tree, and other deciduous trees and shrubs . Moths of this family pupate in a cocoon . Silk from some species has been used for cloth, but it is carded and spun - a different technique than used for silk from the Silkworm Moth.

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Physical Description

Biology

Diet

Caterpillar hosts: Larches, firs, pines, and other conifers. (ref. 109458)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tolype

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. austella (Tolype Austella) · T. laricis (Larch Moth) · T. notialis (Small Tolype) · T. velleda (Large Tolype)

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Further Reading

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• A manual for the study of insects, by John Henry Comstock. .. and Anna Botsford Comstock. .. Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Publishing Company, 1916 [c1895] url p. 699.
• A manual of the study of insects, Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock publishing company, 1895. url p. 363, p. 699.
• An introduction to entomology, by John Henry Comstock. Ithaca, New York, The Comstock publishing co., inc., 1933. url p. 1042.
• An introduction to entomology. Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock, 1949. url p. 1062.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 550, p. 78.
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 209, p. 44.
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• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 492.
• Annual report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insects and Fungous Diseases. Quebec: The Society, 1909-1920. url p. 59.
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• Annual report of the Trustees of the State Museum of Natural History for the year. .. Albany, N.Y.: The Trustees, 1886-1889. url p. 140, p. 141, p. 339, p. 353.
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• As nature shows them: moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains: with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life / by Sherman F. Denton. Boston: J.B. Millet, c1900. url p. 9, p. 90.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2602592
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-74806.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1038422

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=84&sci=Lasiocampidae&com=Lasiocampids [back]

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