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List Of Moths Of Canada (Lymantriidae)
This is a list of the moths of subfamily Lymantriinae that are found in Canada. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada. Following the species name, there is an abbreviation that indicates the Canadian provinces or territories in which the species can be found. *Western Canada **BC = British Columbia **AB = Alberta **SK = Saskatchewan **MB = Manitoba **YT = Yukon **NT = Northwest Territories **NU = Nunavut *Eastern Canada **ON = Ontario **QC = Quebec **NB = New Brunswick **NS = Nova Scotia **PE = Prince Edward Island **NF = Newfoundland **LB = Labrador {{col-end *''Euproctis chrysorrhoea'' (Linnaeus, 1758)-QC, NS *''Euproctis similis'' (Fuessly, 1775)-ON *''Leucoma salicis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)-BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF *''Lymantria dispar'' (Linnaeus, 1758)-BC, ON, QC, NB, NS *'' Dasychira basiflava'' (Packard, 1864)-ON *'' Dasychira dorsipennata'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1919)-SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS *''Dasychira gris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lymantriinae
The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The caterpillar, or larval, stage of these species often has a distinctive appearance of alternating bristles and haired projections. Many tussock moth caterpillars have urticating hairs (often hidden among longer, softer hairs), which can cause painful reactions if they come into contact with skin. The subfamily Lymantriinae includes about 350 known genera and over 2,500 known species found in every continent except Antarctica. They are particularly concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and South America. One estimate lists 258 species in Madagascar alone.Schaefer, Paul (1989). "Diversity in form, function, behavior, and ecology", ''In:'' USDA Forest Service (ed.): ''Proceedings, Lymantriidae: A Comparison of Features of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euproctis Chrysorrhoea
The brown-tail moth (''Euproctis chrysorrhoea'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast of Africa. Descriptions of outbreaks, i.e., large population increases of several years duration, have been reported as far back as the 1500s. The life cycle of the moth is atypical, in that it spends approximately nine months (August to April) as larvae (caterpillars), leaving about one month each for pupae, imagos and eggs. Larvae ( caterpillars) are covered in hairs. Two red spots on the back, toward the tail, distinguish these species from other similarly hairy moth larvae. The winged adults have white wings and a hairy white body with a tuft of brown hair at the tip of the abdomen. Females lay one egg cluster, usually on the underside of a leaf of a host plant. The species is polyphagous, meaning that it feeds on many different species of trees, including pear, apple, maple and oak. This species was accidentally intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orgyia Antiqua
''Orgyia antiqua'', the rusty tussock moth or vapourer, is a moth in the family Erebidae. Distribution and status ''O. antiqua'' is native to Europe, but now has a transcontinental distribution in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic regions. The species is not on the IUCN (2007) Red List; and in the UK is considered a common resident. Habitat In the UK, ''O. antiqua'' may be encountered in a variety of shrub-based habitats, including gardens, parks, open woodland, fens, hedgerows, heaths. and moors. Description A striking dimorphism exists between the male and the female moths of this species. The male moth typically has orange- to red-brown (ochreous red and dark brown) wings; each fore wing has a white comma-shaped (tornal) spot. It has marked plumose (short, bipectinate) antennae. The wingspan measures between 35 and 38 mm. The female moth has vestigial wings and is flightless; it is light grey-brown (ochreous grey), has "shortly bipectinate" antennae, and a swollen abdomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gynaephora Rossii
''Gynaephora rossii'', in English known as Ross' tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It is widespread in the tundras and highlands of the Holarctic. It has large, furry caterpillars which seem to eat mostly saxifrages. Taxonomy This moth was first described in 1835 by John Curtis as ''Laria rossii'', who placed it in the genus ''Laria'' described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802; the genus ''Laria'', however, had already been used in 1763 for a genus of beetles by Scolipi (now ''Pria''), so the species required moving to another genus. Heinrich Benno Möschler first moved it to the genus '' Dasychira'' in his 1870 work on the moths of Labrador. Otto Staudinger also classified it in the genus ''Dasychira'' in 1901, but in 1927 William Schaus moved it to the genus ''Byrdia''. Also in 1927 Otto Bang-Haas described the subspecies ''Dasychira rossii relictus'' from the eastern Sayan Mountains. A year later, in 1928, Shōnen Matsumura described ''Konoka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gynaephora Groenlandica
''Gynaephora groenlandica'', the Arctic woolly bear moth, is an erebid moth native to the High Arctic in the Canadian archipelago, Greenland and Wrangel Island in Russia. It is known for its slow rate of development, as its full caterpillar life cycle may extend up to 7 years, with moulting occurring each spring. This species remains in a larval state for the vast majority of its life. Rare among Lepidoptera, it undergoes an annual period of diapause that lasts for much of the calendar year, as ''G. groenlandica'' is subject to some of the longest, most extreme winters on Earth.Bennett VA, Lee RE Jr, Nauman JS, Kukal O. Selection of overwintering microhabitats used by the arctic woollybear caterpillar, ''Gynaephora groenlandica''. Cryo Letters. 2003 May-Jun;24(3):191-200. In this dormant state, it can withstand temperatures as low as −70 °C. The Arctic woolly bear moth also exhibits basking behavior, which aids in temperature regulation and digestion and affects both met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Vagans
''Dasychira vagans'', the variable tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland to southern British Columbia in the north and North Carolina and Utah in the west. The habitat consists of forests, including coastal rainforests, high elevation mixed hardwood-conifer forests, oak woodlands and mixed hardwood forests. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm for males and 22–24 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is blue grey, with fine black scales. The costal part of the median area is usually whitish grey and the antemedial and postmedial lines are dark grey. The hindwings are grey in males and lighter grey to brown grey in females. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants from Aceraceae, Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Plagiata
''Dasychira plagiata'', the northern pine tussock or northern conifer tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in North America from Newfoundland and Labrador to Alberta, in Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina. The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moths are on wing from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on '' Picea glauca'', '' Picea mariana'', '' Picea rubens'', ''Abies balsamea'', ''Abies fraseri'', '' Tsuga canadensis'', '' Pinus'' and ''Larix Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furth ...'' species. References External links "Northern Conifer Tussock Moth (''Dasychira plagiata'')" ''BugwoodWiki''. Retrieved March 25, 2020. Lymantriinae Moths of North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Pinicola
''Dasychira pinicola'', the pine tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in the US states of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The larvae feed on '' Pinus'' species, including ''Pinus banksiana Jack pine (''Pinus banksiana'') is an eastern North American pine. Its native range in Canada is east of the Rocky Mountains from the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, and the north-central and ...''. References Lymantriinae Moths of North America Moths described in 1911 {{Lymantriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Obliquata
''Dasychira obliquata'', the streaked tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * * * Lymantriinae Articles created by Qbugbot Moths described in 1866 {{erebidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Grisefacta
''Dasychira grisefacta'', the pine tussock or grizzled tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in North America in Alberta, from British Columbia to Arizona and Oregon, in New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota. The wingspan is about 42 mm for males, the females are wingless. The larvae feed on ''Pseudotsuga menziesii'', ''Tsuga heterophylla'', ''Picea engelmannii'', ''Picea glauca'', '' Pinus ponderosa'' and ''Pinus edulis ''Pinus edulis'', the Colorado pinyon, two-needle piñon, pinyon pine, or simply piñon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group whose ancestor was a member of the Madro-Tertiary Geoflora (a group of drought resistant trees) and is native to the Uni ...''. Subspecies There are two recognized subspecies: *''Dasychira grisefacta grisefacta'' (Dyar, 1911) *''Dasychira grisefacta ella'' (Bryk, 1934) References *Miller, Jeffrey C. & Hammond, Paul C. (2000). "Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Dorsipennata
''Dasychira dorsipennata'', the sharp-lined tussock or hardwood tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by William Barnes William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a co ... and James Halliday McDunnough in 1919 and it is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Dasychira dorsipennata'' is 8293. References Further reading * * * Lymantriinae Articles created by Qbugbot Moths described in 1919 {{Erebidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasychira Basiflava
''Dasychira basiflava'', the yellow-based tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. LL.D. (February 19, 1839 – February 14, 1905) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He described over 500 new animal species – especially butterflies and moths – and was one of the founders of ''The Am ... in 1865. It is found in North America from Massachusetts and southern Ontario west to Iowa, Texas, south to South Carolina and possibly Florida. The wingspan is 30–39 mm for males and 42–54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to August in the north and earlier in spring in the south. There is one generation in most of the range, but a second generation can occur in the southern part of the range. The larvae feed on oak, dogwood and blueberry. References * * Lymantriinae Moths of North America Moths described in 1865 {{Lymantriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
