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Douglas-fir tussock moth

Orgyia pseudotsugata

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Erebidae

Orgyia pseudotsugata, the Douglas-fir tussock moth, is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1921. It is found in western North America. Its population periodically irrupts in cyclical outbreaks.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1