''Dasychira'' is a genus of
tussock moth
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 cat ...
s in the family
Erebidae described by
Jacob Hübner in 1809. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, North America, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), and second joint is heavily haired. Antennae with long branches in male and short in female. Legs hairy. Forewings with oblique outer margin. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Species
* ''
Dasychira achatina''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira acronyctina''
Schultze, 1934
* ''
Dasychira aeana''
Collenette, 1931
* ''
Dasychira aenotata''
Tams, 1930
* ''
Dasychira aeschra''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Dasychira aethalodes''
Collenette, 1931
* ''
Dasychira albescens''
Moore, 1879
* ''
Dasychira albiapex''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira albibasalis''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira albicostata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira albilinea''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira albilunulata''
(Karsch, 1895)
* ''
Dasychira albinotata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira albiplaga''
Swinhoe, 1908
* ''
Dasychira alboschistacea''
Rothschild, 1915
* ''
Dasychira albosignata''
Holland, 1893
* ''
Dasychira albospargata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira allotria''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira amydropa''
Collenette, 1960
* ''
Dasychira anaha''
Swinhoe, 1906
* ''
Dasychira anasses''
Collenette, 1937
* ''
Dasychira andulo''
Collenette, 1936
* ''
Dasychira anoista''
Collenette, 1960
* ''
Dasychira antica''
(Walker, 1855)
* ''
Dasychira aphanes''
Collenette, 1938
* ''
Dasychira aphanta''
Collenette, 1960
* ''
Dasychira apicata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira aprepes''
Collenette, 1956
* ''
Dasychira arctioides''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira argiloides''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira aridela''
Collenette, 1956
* ''
Dasychira astraphaea''
Collenette, 1931
* ''
Dasychira atrivenosa''
(Palm, 1873)
* ''
Dasychira azelota''
Collenette, 1933
* ''
Dasychira basiflava''
(Packard, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. C ...
– yellow-based tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira celaenica''
Collenette, 1955
* ''
Dasychira cinnamomea''
(Grote & Robinson, 1866) – cinnamon tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira colini''
(Mabille, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira dominickaria''
Ferguson, 1978
* ''
Dasychira dorsipennata''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1919) – sharp-lined tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira griseata''
(Rothschild, 1915)
* ''
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 ...
''
(Dyar, 1911)
* ''
Dasychira groetscheli''
Bryk, 1934
* ''
Dasychira hadromeres''
Collenette, 1955
* ''
Dasychira ibele''
Collenette, 1955
* ''
Dasychira leucophaea''
(Smith, 1797)
* ''
Dasychira manto''
(Strecker, 1900) – Manto tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira matheri''
Ferguson, 1978
* ''
Dasychira meridionalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – southern tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira mescalera''
Ferguson, 1978
* ''
Dasychira moerens''
Felder, 1894
* ''
Dasychira nigrita''
(Rothschild, 1915)
* ''
Dasychira obliquata''
(Grote & Robinson, 1866) – streaked tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira pinicola''
(Dyar, 1911) – pine tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira plagiata''
(Walker, 1865) – northern pine tussock moth
* ''
Dasychira plagosa''
Rothschild, 1915
* ''
Dasychira rana''
Collenette, 1932
* ''
Dasychira sagittiphora''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira satelles''
Collenette, 1939
* ''
Dasychira saussurei''
Dewitz, 1881
* ''
Dasychira scaea''
Collenette, 1953
* ''
Dasychira scotina''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira scurra''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira selene''
Schultze, 1934
* ''
Dasychira selenitica''
(Esper, 1783)
* ''
Dasychira semlikiensis''
Collenette, 1939
* ''
Dasychira solida''
(Karsch, 1895)
* ''
Dasychira sordida''
(Möschler, 1887)
* ''
Dasychira soyensis''
Collenette, 1939
* ''
Dasychira spargata''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira sphalera''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira sphaleroides''
Hering, 1926
* ''
Dasychira statheuta''
Collenette, 1937
* ''
Dasychira stegmanni''
Grünberg, 1910
* ''
Dasychira striata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Dasychira strigidentata''
Bethune-Baker, 1911
* ''
Dasychira stygis''
Collenette, 1936
* ''
Dasychira styx''
Bethune-Baker, 1911
* ''
Dasychira tephra''
Hübner, 809
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Year 809 (Roman numerals, DCCCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Siege of Serdica (809), Siege of Serdica: ...
/small> – tephra tussock moth
* '' Dasychira thwaitesi'' Moore, 883
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Year 883 ( DCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Spring – Viking raiders ravage Flanders, and sack the abbey at Saint- ...
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* '' Dasychira vagans'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – variable tussock moth
References
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Lymantriinae
Moth genera