Orgyia definita [ ] Definite Tussock Moth

Lymantriidae

Host Plant: Various

 

 

Other Images: None

Determined by: G. Gentry

 

Time as pupae and rearing results: As of June 2006 N= 10

Host plants in database: Hammamelidaceae - Hamsmelis vernalis, Styracaceae - Halesia sp., Fagaceae - Quercus sp., Quercus nigra

Parasitoids and predators:

 

Observations and comments:

 

Location of Vouchers: Tulane University

References: Wagner 2005

 

 

 

Collected in Honey Island Swamp WMA, and Kisatchie National Forest Area.