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Hylesia metabus

Hylesia metabus

Classification

Class
Insecta

The yellowtail moth or ashen moth (Hylesia metabus) is a species of moth found in northeastern South America. Contact with the urticating hairs of adult female moths is known to cause a cutaneous condition called the Caripito itch. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 9