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Dasychira
Sign in to saveDasychira is a genus of tussock moths 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.
Species
Pale Tussock Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 106
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, FMNH, EMEC, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM), UCM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Vietnam, Canada, United States
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- Dasychira
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- Category:Dasychira
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- Dasychira
- has host
- Barringtonia asiatica
- taxon common name
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Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths 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.
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