Orgyia detrita | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Orgyiini |
Genus: | Orgyia |
Species: | O. detrita
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Binomial name | |
Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, 1831
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Orgyia detrita, the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Orgyia detrita is 8313.[4]