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Orgyiini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Orgyiini

Higher classification
  
Lymantriinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subfamily
  
Lymantriinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Tribe

Orgyiini

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
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