WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Erebidae 930168 – 8316   Orgyia leucostigma (Smith, 1797)              White-marked Tussock Moth

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Ken Childs Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: leucostigma Smith 1797 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8316 ssp. a. leucostigma Smith 1797 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8316 leucographa Geyer 1832 (Cladophora) meridionalis Riotte 1974 (Orgyia) ssp. b. intermedia Fitch 1856 (Orgyia) borealis Fitch 1856 (Orgyia) obliviosa Edwards 1886 (Orgyia) ssp. c. plagiata Walker 1855 (Acyphas) wardi Riotte 1971 (Orgyia) ssp. d. sablensis Neil 1979 (Orgyia) ssp. e. oslari Barnes 1900 (Orgyia) libera Strecker 1900 (Orgyia)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. 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

© Jonathan Burishkin © Brian Woodward © Machele White © Nolie Schneider © Alan Chin-Lee © Bob Patterson © Bob Patterson © Larry Line © Ken Childs © Stephen Cresswell © Bill Johnson © Carol Wolf

32mm – © Jim Vargo

© Nolie Schneider © Canadian National Collection LG © Canadian National Collection LG © Bob Moul © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG © Robert Patterson parasitoids © Canadian National Collection LG © Jason Dombroskie © Jason Dombroskie © Larry de March © Janice Stiefel 5th instar © 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