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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
NOCTUOIDEA
(shuttle moths)
LYMANTRIIDAE
(tussock moths)
Lymantriidae
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Noctuoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

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LYMANTRIIDAE (tussock moths)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Species Calliteara pudibunda (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pale Tussock Moth) 41 3 3  
Species Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brown-tail) 11     2
Species Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775) (Yellow-tail) 65 3    
Species Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) (White Satin) 2      
Genus Lymantria (gypsy and black arches moths) 16      
Species Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vapourer Moth) 19 7    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1979 Sphingidae to Noctuidae (Noctuinae & Hadeninae) (vol 9)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to LYMANTRIIDAE (tussock moths)

LYMANTRIIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Noctuoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 62 feeding and other relationships of LYMANTRIIDAE (tussock moths)

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