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The Douglas-fir tussock moth is native to forests of western North America and outbreaks have been identified in British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. [5] Outbreaks occur in cycles around eight to twelve years and usually last up to four years, sometimes longer.
In the larvae of some species, hairs are gathered in dense tufts along the back and this gives them the common name of tussocks or tussock moths. Lymantria means "destroyer", and several species are important defoliators of forest trees, including the spongy moth Lymantria dispar , the Douglas-fir tussock moth Orgyia pseudotsugata, and the nun ...
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Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillar numbers have soared in the Santa Fe National Forest, enough for the Forest Service to call it an outbreak and to close two group shelters at Hyde Memorial ...
White-marked tussock moth caterpillars are about an inch to an inch and a half long. These caterpillars have four brush-like tufts on their backs, sometimes described having a likeness similar to ...
Aug. 3—The U.S. Forest Service is warning an outbreak of a native insect across roughly 3,000 acres south of Taos is leading to the defoliation of Douglas and white fir trees along N.M. 518. In ...
Orgyia leucostigma, the white-marked tussock moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. The caterpillar is very common especially in late summer in eastern North America, extending as far west as Texas , California , and Alberta .
Orgyia definita Packard, [1865] – definite tussock moth; Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, [1832] – fir tussock moth; Orgyia dewara Swinhoe, 1903; Orgyia falcata Schaus, 1896; Orgyia fulviceps (Walker, 1855) Orgyia leptotypa (Turner, 1904) Orgyia leucostigma (Smith, 1797) – white-marked tussock moth; Orgyia leuschneri Riotte, 1972 ...