Dasychira tephra Hübner, 1809 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dasychira tephra Hübner, 1809

Dasychira tephra Hübner, 1809

Dasychira tephra, the tephra tussock moth, is an Erebidae tussock moth found in North America first described in 1809.

Family
Genus
Dasychira
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dasychira tephra Hübner, 1809

Dasychira tephra, commonly known as the tephra tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth belonging to the family Erebidae. Jacob Hübner first described this species in 1809. It occurs in North America. The MONA (Moths of North America) Hodges number assigned to Dasychira tephra is 8292.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Dasychira

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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