Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, 1831 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Orgyia detrita, the fir or live oak tussock moth, is a North American erebid tussock moth first described in 1831.

Family
Genus
Orgyia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Orgyia detrita, commonly known as the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth that belongs to the family Erebidae. This species was first formally described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It occurs in North America, and its MONA (also called Hodges) number is 8313.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Orgyia

More from Erebidae

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

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