Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Erebidae
930168 – 8316   Orgyia leucostigma (Smith, 1797)
             White-marked Tussock Moth
Hodges 8316
© Ken Childs
Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Phalaena leucostigma Smith, 1797
Cladophora leucographa Geyer, 1832
Orgyia meridionalis Riotte, 1974
Orgyia intermedia Fitch, 1856
Orgyia borealis Fitch, 1856
Orgyia obliviosa Edwards, 1886
Acyphas plagiata Walker, 1855
Orgyia wardi Riotte, 1971
Orgyia sablensis Neil, 1979
Orgyia oslari Barnes, 1900
Orgyia libera Strecker, 1900
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Ferguson, D. C., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 22.2: p. 80; pl. 7.22-46, A.13-14. order or free PDF
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 49.21m; p. 276. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Orgyia leucostigma
© Jonathan Burishkin
Orgyia leucostigma
© Brian Woodward
Orgyia leucostigma
© Machele White
Orgyia leucostigma
© Nolie Schneider
Orgyia leucostigma
© Alan Chin-Lee
Orgyia leucostigma
© Bob Patterson
Orgyia leucostigma
© Bob Patterson
Orgyia leucostigma
© Larry Line
Orgyia leucostigma
© Ken Childs
Orgyia leucostigma
© Stephen Cresswell
Orgyia leucostigma
© Bill Johnson
Orgyia leucostigma
© Carol Wolf
Orgyia leucostigma
32mm – © Jim Vargo
Orgyia leucostigma
© Nolie Schneider

Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Bob Moul

Orgyia leucostigma
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Robert Patterson
parasitoids
Orgyia leucostigma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Orgyia leucostigma
© Jason Dombroskie

Orgyia leucostigma
© Jason Dombroskie

Orgyia leucostigma
© Larry de March

Orgyia leucostigma
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Orgyia leucostigma
© Larry de March


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone