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The black arches (Lymantria monacha) is a moth of the family Erebidae found across much of Europe and parts of Asia. Adults usually have pale forewings crossed by irregular dark lines, although darker forms occur, and the species was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Its hairy larvae feed...

The banded tussock moth, Halysidota tessellaris, is an eastern North American tiger moth in the family Erebidae. Adults have pale yellow-tan or cream forewings crossed by darker, mosaic-like bands, while the hairy larvae have long black and white hair pencils at the front and rear. The caterpillars...

The pale tussock, Calliteara pudibunda, is a European moth in the family Erebidae that occurs in woodland, hedgerows, gardens, and scrub. Adults are generally gray with darker bands and crosslines, while the caterpillar is unusually conspicuous, usually yellow or greenish with dense hair tufts and a...

The hickory tussock moth is a North American moth in the family Erebidae. Its caterpillar is covered with contrasting black and white hairs and has spines that can cause skin irritation or contact dermatitis when handled. The larvae feed on a range of deciduous trees and shrubs, including hickory an...

The vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua, is a widespread moth of Europe and parts of Asia and North America. It has marked sexual dimorphism: males are winged and active flyers, while females are largely wingless and remain near the site where they emerge. Females attract males with pheromones, then lay e...

The sycamore tussock moth, Halysidota harrisii, is a North American moth in the family Erebidae. Its larvae are covered with contrasting tufts of hair and feed on the leaves of sycamore and other broadleaf trees. The species occurs mainly in eastern parts of the continent and is of interest to peopl...

Orgyia leucostigma, commonly called the white-marked tussock moth, is a North American moth in the family Erebidae. Its caterpillars have conspicuous tufts of hair and bristles, including irritating or urticating hairs that can cause skin reactions in some people. The larvae feed on a wide range of...

The rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua) is a Holarctic lymantriid whose wingless females lay eggs directly on their cocoons, and whose tufted larvae are a widespread defoliator of trees across Europe and North America.

The Dark Tussock Moth is an erebid moth found across the Palearctic region, the broad zone covering Europe, much of Asia, and northern Africa. Its caterpillars have a dark, hairy appearance and feed on various heath plants and deciduous shrubs. The species is relevant to field naturalists and lepido...

The Milkweed Tussock Moth is a North American moth whose caterpillars feed on milkweed, the host plant that gives the species its common name. During the larval stage, the caterpillars can consume large amounts of milkweed and retain cardiac glycosides from the plant, making their body chemistry par...

The Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis) is a moth in the family Erebidae, native to Europe and parts of Asia and introduced to North America. Adults have white, satin-like wings, while the caterpillars feed on the leaves of willows, poplars, cottonwoods, and related trees. In its introduced range, dense la...

The yellow-tail moth, Euproctis similis, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The adult is mostly white and is identified by the yellow tuft at the end of its abdomen; it is active mainly at night. The species occurs across much of Europe and in parts of temperate Asia, and its hairy...

Douglas-fir tussock moth is Orgyia pseudotsugata, a native North American species whose larvae feed on the needles of Douglas-fir, grand fir, and white fir. Populations periodically rise into regional outbreaks, commonly at intervals of about five to ten years in the western United States and southe...

The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar), known until 2021 as the gypsy moth, is a Eurasian tussock moth accidentally introduced to Massachusetts around 1869 by the French artist and amateur entomologist Étienne Trouvelot, who was experimenting with silk production. Its caterpillars defoliate oak and othe...

The brown-tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, is a European moth in the family Erebidae whose white adults bear a distinctive brown tuft of hairs at the tip of the abdomen. Introduced to coastal New England in the 1890s, it became a major outbreak pest there in the early twentieth century and has cau...