Orgyia leucostigma

Caterpillar

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Lymantriinae
Tribus: Orgyiini
Subtribus: Orgyiina
Genus: Orgyia
Species: Orgyia leucostigma
Subspecies: O. l. leucostigma – O. l. sablensis

Name

Orgyia leucostigma J.E. Smith, 1797

References

• Neil, K., 1979: A new subspecies of Orgyia leucostigma (Lymantriidae) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33 (4): 245-247. Full article: [1].

Vernacular

English: White-marked Tussock Moth