Tussock Tigers and their Kin

of the New England Region 

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Family:  Erebidae   

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

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Subfamily:  Arctiinae   

(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)

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Tribe: Arctiini   

(tiger moths and the tiger moth tussocks)

 

Subtribe:  Phaegopterina

(tiger moth tussocks)

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Presented by Sam Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab. 

The following resources were used in the creation of these galleries: 

• Samuel Jaffe original photographs and associated Life History Notes.

• David Wagner accounts from "The Caterpillars of Eastern North America"

• Moth Photographer's Group range maps

 

Halysidota tessellaris   

Banded Tussock 

 

Lophocampa caryae

Hickory Tussock 

 

Lophocampa maculata

Spotted Tussock 

 

Euchaetes egle

Milkweed Tussock

 

Cycnia oregonensis

Spotted Tussock