''Tolype distincta'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of moth in the family ''Lasiocampidae'' native to western North America.

Description

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in moist to mesic coniferous forests from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwestern United States, and its range extends as far east as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

Life history

Larvae

Larvae feed on conifers in the family ''

PInaceae The Pinaceae (), or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, Pinyon_pine, piñons, larches, pines and spruces. The family is incl ...

'', such as

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Or ...

(''Pseudotsuga menziesii''), true firs (''Abies'' sp.), and

western hemlock ''Tsuga heterophylla'', the western hemlock or western hemlock-spruce, is a species of hemlock native to the northwest coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern ...

(''Tsuga heterophylla'').

References

Lasiocampidae Insects of North America Moths described in 1890 {{Lasiocampidae-stub