''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of 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'') ...

. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are

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Description

The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porrect (extending forward), and heavily fringed with hair. The antennae have long branches and long spines at the extremities. The legs are heavily hairy. The abdomen has a dorsal tuft on its second segment. The forewing has vein 9 arising from vein 10 and anastomosing with vein 8 to form an areole. The hindwing has veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, vein 5 from just above angle, and vein 6 and 7 stalked. In the female, the palpi and legs are less hairy. The antennae are serrate. The wings are aborted, scale-like and covered with hair. The abdomen is covered with hair and immensely dilated when full of eggs.

Species

*'' Orgyia albofasciata'' (Schintlmeister, 1994) *'' Orgyia amphideta'' (Turner, 1902) *'' Orgyia antiqua'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – rusty tussock moth, vapourer moth *''

Orgyia araea ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' (Collenette, 1932) *'' Orgyia ariadne'' (Schintlmeister, 1994) *'' Orgyia australis'' Walker, 1855 *'' Orgyia basinigra'' (Heylaerts, 1892) *''

Orgyia cana ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' H. Edwards, 1881 *''

Orgyia chionitis ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' (Turner, 1902) *'' Orgyia definita'' Packard,

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Orgyia detrita ''Orgyia detrita'', the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a 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 ...

'' Guérin-Méneville, 832/small> – fir tussock moth *''

Orgyia dewara ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Orgyia falcata'' Schaus, 1896 *''

Orgyia fulviceps ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' (Walker, 1855) *''

Orgyia leptotypa ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' (Turner, 1904) *'' Orgyia leucostigma'' (Smith, 1797) – white-marked tussock moth *'' Orgyia leuschneri'' Riotte, 1972 *'' Orgyia magna'' Ferguson, 1978 *''

Orgyia osseana ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' Walker, 1862 *''

Orgyia papuana ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' Riotte, 1976 *''

Orgyia pelodes ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

'' (Lower, 1893) *'' Orgyia postica'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Orgyia pseudotsugata'' (McDunnough, 1921) – Douglas-fir tussock moth *''

Orgyia semiochrea ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer,

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Orgyia thyellina ''Orgyia thyellina'', the white-spotted tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is native to the Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China. It was discovered ...

'' Butler, 1881 *''

Orgyia vetusta ''Orgyia vetusta'', also known as the western tussock moth, formerly ''Hemerocampa vetusta'', is a moth found in the Pacific States and British Columbia. The species is dimorphic; the females are flightless. The Western tussock moth is repo ...

'' Boisduval, 1852 – western tussock moth *''

Orgyia viridescens ''Orgyia viridescens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, ...

'' (Walker, 1855)

References

Lymantriinae Moth genera {{Lymantriinae-stub