Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Scientific name Orgyiini Higher classification Lymantriinae Order Butterflies and moths | Superfamily Noctuoidea Subfamily Lymantriinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Tribe | |
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Lower classifications Orgyia, Orgyia antiqua, Calliteara pudibunda, Orgyia leucostigma, Dasychira | ||
The Orgyiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the Erebidae family.
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Description
Caterpillars of the group have brushes of hairs on the top of abdominal segments 1 (adjacent to the thorax), 2, 3, 4, and 8 and pencils of hairs projected forward from the sides of the head.
Genera
The tribe includes the following genera. This list may be incomplete.
References
Orgyiini Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA