''Orgyia'' 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 of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are

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, except for the

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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 Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwi ...

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 Humans and human ancestors have scavenged and eaten animal eggs for millions of years. Humans in Southeast Asia had domesticated chickens and harvested their eggs for food by 1,500 BCE. The most widely consumed eggs are those of fowl, especial ...

Species

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Orgyia albofasciata ''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 ...

'' (Schintlmeister, 1994) *''

Orgyia amphideta ''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 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 sp ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – rusty tussock moth, vapourer moth *'' Orgyia araea'' (Collenette, 1932) *'' Orgyia ariadne'' (Schintlmeister, 1994) *'' Orgyia australis'' Walker, 1855 *'' Orgyia basinigra'' (Heylaerts, 1892) *'' Orgyia cana'' H. Edwards, 1881 *'' Orgyia chionitis'' (Turner, 1902) *''

Orgyia definita ''Orgyia definita'', the definite tussock moth or definite-marked tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1865. The species is found in eastern North America from Minnesota to New Brunsw ...

'' Packard,

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/small> – definite tussock moth *'' Orgyia detrita'' Guérin-Méneville,

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/small> – fir tussock moth *'' Orgyia dewara'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Orgyia falcata'' Schaus, 1896 *'' Orgyia fulviceps'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Orgyia leptotypa'' (Turner, 1904) *''

Orgyia leucostigma ''Orgyia leucostigma'', the white-marked tussock moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. The caterpillar is very common especially in late summer in eastern North America, extending ...

'' (Smith, 1797) – white-marked tussock moth *''

Orgyia leuschneri ''Orgyia leuschneri'', the box-elder tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Orgyia leuschneri'' is List of moths of North America, 8315. References Furt ...

'' Riotte, 1972 *''

Orgyia magna ''Orgyia magna'' 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-kn ...

'' Ferguson, 1978 *'' Orgyia osseana'' Walker, 1862 *'' Orgyia papuana'' Riotte, 1976 *'' Orgyia pelodes'' (Lower, 1893) *''

Orgyia postica ''Orgyia postica'', the cocoa tussock moth or hevea tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae of family Erebidae found from the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java, New Guinea and Taiwan. It was descr ...

'' (Walker, 1855) *''

Orgyia pseudotsugata ''Orgyia pseudotsugata'', the Douglas-fir tussock moth, is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1921. It is found in western North America. Its population periodically irrupts in cyclical outbreaks ...

'' (McDunnough, 1921) – Douglas-fir tussock moth *'' Orgyia semiochrea'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 855 *'' Orgyia thyellina'' Butler, 1881 *'' Orgyia vetusta'' Boisduval, 1852 – western tussock moth *'' Orgyia viridescens'' (Walker, 1855)

References

Lymantriinae Moth genera {{Lymantriinae-stub