About Dasychira vagans Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Dasychira vagans, commonly known as the variable tussock moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. It is distributed across North America; its recorded range extends from Newfoundland to southern British Columbia in the northern part of the continent, and to North Carolina and Utah in the western part. The species was first formally described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. For males, the forewing length measures 14 to 18 mm, while females have forewings that are 22 to 24 mm long. Adult moths are active from June to August, and produce one generation per year. The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants from the plant families Aceraceae, Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Salicaceae, and Rosaceae, and prefer Quercus (oak) species.
