''Dasychira'' 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 ca ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
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.
Species
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Dasychira achatina
''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.
Desc ...
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Hering, 1926
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Dasychira acronyctina''
Schultze, 1934
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Dasychira aeana''
Collenette, 1931
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Dasychira aenotata''
Tams, 1930
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Dasychira aeschra''
(Hampson, 1926)
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Dasychira aethalodes''
Collenette, 1931
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Dasychira albescens''
Moore, 1879
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Dasychira albiapex''
Hering, 1926
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Dasychira albibasalis''
(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira albicostata''
(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira albilinea
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira albilunulata''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Dasychira albinotata
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira albiplaga
''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.
Desc ...
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Swinhoe, 1908
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Dasychira alboschistacea
''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.
Desc ...
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Rothschild, 1915
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Dasychira albosignata''
Holland, 1893
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Dasychira albospargata
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira allotria
''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.
Desc ...
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Hering, 1926
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Dasychira amydropa
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1960
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Dasychira anaha
''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.
Desc ...
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Swinhoe, 1906
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Dasychira anasses
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1937
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Dasychira andulo
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1936
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Dasychira anoista
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1960
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Dasychira antica
''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.
Desc ...
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(Walker, 1855)
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Dasychira aphanes
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1938
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Dasychira aphanta
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1960
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Dasychira apicata
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira aprepes
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1956
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Dasychira arctioides
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira argiloides
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira aridela
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1956
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Dasychira astraphaea
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1931
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Dasychira atrivenosa''
(Palm, 1873)
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Dasychira azelota
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1933
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Dasychira basiflava''
(Packard, 865
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– yellow-based tussock moth
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Dasychira celaenica
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1955
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Dasychira cinnamomea
''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.
Desc ...
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(Grote & Robinson, 1866) – cinnamon tussock moth
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Dasychira colini
''Dasychira colini'' is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1893. It is known from Madagascar and Senegal.
The female has a wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the ...
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(Mabille, 1893)
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Dasychira dominickaria''
Ferguson, 1978
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Dasychira dorsipennata
''Dasychira dorsipennata'', the sharp-lined tussock or hardwood tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough
James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877 ...
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(Barnes & McDunnough, 1919) – sharp-lined tussock moth
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Dasychira griseata''
(Rothschild, 1915)
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Dasychira grisefacta
''Dasychira grisefacta'', the pine tussock or grizzled tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in North America in Alberta, from British Colum ...
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(Dyar, 1911)
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Dasychira groetscheli''
Bryk, 1934
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Dasychira hadromeres''
Collenette, 1955
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Dasychira ibele
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1955
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Dasychira leucophaea
''Dasychira leucophaea'', the pale-banded tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths ...
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(Smith, 1797)
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Dasychira manto
''Dasychira manto'', the Manto tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Herman Strecker in 1900 and it is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Dasychira manto'' is 8307.
Su ...
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(Strecker, 1900) – Manto tussock moth
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Dasychira matheri
''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.
Desc ...
''
Ferguson, 1978
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Dasychira meridionalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – southern tussock moth
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Dasychira mescalera
''Dasychira mescalera'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1978. It is found in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. ...
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Ferguson, 1978
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Dasychira moerens
''Dasychira moerens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Felder in 1894. It is found in South India and Sri Lanka.
The caterpillar is known to feed on ''Rosa'', ''Theobroma cacao'', ''Smilax'' and ''Vitis
''Vitis'' (grapevin ...
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Felder, 1894
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Dasychira nigrita''
(Rothschild, 1915)
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Dasychira obliquata''
(Grote & Robinson, 1866) – streaked tussock moth
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Dasychira pinicola
''Dasychira pinicola'', the pine tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in the US states of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The larvae f ...
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(Dyar, 1911) – pine tussock moth
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Dasychira plagiata
''Dasychira plagiata'', the northern pine tussock or northern conifer tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in North America from Newfoundland and Labrador to Alberta, ...
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(Walker, 1865) – northern pine tussock moth
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Dasychira plagosa
''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.
Desc ...
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Rothschild, 1915
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Dasychira rana
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1932
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Dasychira sagittiphora''
Hering, 1926
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Dasychira satelles
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1939
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Dasychira saussurei
''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.
Desc ...
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Dewitz, 1881
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Dasychira scaea
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1953
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Dasychira scotina
''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.
Desc ...
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Hering, 1926
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Dasychira scurra
''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.
Desc ...
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Hering, 1926
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Dasychira selene''
Schultze, 1934
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Dasychira selenitica''
(Esper, 1783)
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Dasychira semlikiensis''
Collenette, 1939
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Dasychira solida''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Dasychira sordida
''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.
Desc ...
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(Möschler, 1887)
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Dasychira soyensis
''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.
Desc ...
''
Collenette, 1939
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Dasychira spargata''
Hering, 1926
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Dasychira sphalera''
Hering, 1926
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Dasychira sphaleroides
''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.
Desc ...
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Hering, 1926
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Dasychira statheuta
''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.
Desc ...
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Collenette, 1937
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Dasychira stegmanni''
Grünberg, 1910
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Dasychira striata
''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.
Desc ...
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(Holland, 1893)
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Dasychira strigidentata''
Bethune-Baker, 1911
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Dasychira stygis''
Collenette, 1936
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Dasychira styx
''Dasychira styx'' is a species of erebid moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. Its type locality is in Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Cen ...
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Bethune-Baker, 1911
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Dasychira tephra
''Dasychira tephra'', the tephra tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Dasychira tephr ...
''
Hübner, 809
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/small> – tephra tussock moth
* ''Dasychira thwaitesi
''Dasychira thwaitesi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1883. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
The caterpillar is a minor pest on ''Camellia sinensis''. Caterpillars are primary hosts for many parasitoid w ...
'' Moore, 883
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* ''Dasychira vagans
''Dasychira vagans'', the variable tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland to southern British Columbia in the north and North Carolina and Utah in the west. The ...
'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – variable tussock moth
References
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