THE CATERPILLAR LAB

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THE CATERPILLAR LAB LIFE HISTORY GUIDE

Erebidae of the New England Region    

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TAXONOMIC INDEX:

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Family:  Erebidae   

(tigers, tussocks, underwings, fruit piercers, litter moths and more) 

 

Subfamily:  Arctiinae   

(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)

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Tribe: Arctiini   

(tiger moths and the tiger moth tussocks)

 

Subtribe:  Spilosomina    

(woolly bears and white tigers)

 

Subtribe: Phaegopterina

(tiger moth tussocks)

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Subtribe: Arctiina

(red and black tigers)

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Subtribe: Ctenuchina & Callimorphina

(Ctenuchid and Haploa tigers)

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Tribe:  Lithosiini 

(lichen moths)

 

Subtribe: Cisthenina   

(lichen moths)​

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