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Dasychira
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Dasychira

Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, North America, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira meridionalis

Zhejiang Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira chekiangensis

Streaked Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira obliquata

Variable Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira vagans

Yellow-based Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira basiflava

Northern Pine Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira plagiata

Manto Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira manto

Tephra Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira tephra

Dasychira nigritula

speciesDasychira nigritula

Grizzled Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira grisefacta

Dasychira atrivenosa

speciesDasychira atrivenosa

Eight Spot Tussock

speciesDasychira octophora

Sharp-lined Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira dorsipennata

pine tussock moth

speciesDasychira pinicola

Pea Tussock

speciesDasychira rocana

Dasychira leucophaea

speciesDasychira leucophaea

Dasychira flavimacula

speciesDasychira flavimacula

Dasychira dominickaria

speciesDasychira dominickaria

Dasychira extatura

speciesDasychira extatura

Dasychira punctifera

speciesDasychira punctifera

Dasychira goodii

speciesDasychira goodii

Dasychira antica

speciesDasychira antica

Cinnamon Tussock Moth

speciesDasychira cinnamomea

Dasychira mescalera

speciesDasychira mescalera

Dasychira glaucozona

speciesDasychira glaucozona

Dasychira suisharyonis

speciesDasychira suisharyonis

Dasychira triselena

speciesDasychira triselena

Dasychira stegmanni

speciesDasychira stegmanni

Dasychira glovera

speciesDasychira glovera

Dasychira compsa

speciesDasychira compsa

Dasychira statheuta

speciesDasychira statheuta

Dasychira aethalodes

speciesDasychira aethalodes

Dasychira ninae

speciesDasychira ninae

Dasychira ophthalmodes

speciesDasychira ophthalmodes

Dasychira sphalera

speciesDasychira sphalera

Dasychira basigutta

speciesDasychira basigutta

Dasychira ocellifera

speciesDasychira ocellifera

Dasychira achatina

speciesDasychira achatina

Dasychira glaucinoptera

speciesDasychira glaucinoptera

Dasychira barbara

speciesDasychira barbara

Dasychira plesia

speciesDasychira plesia

Dasychira chlorophila

speciesDasychira chlorophila

Dasychira simiolus

speciesDasychira simiolus

Dasychira eclipes

speciesDasychira eclipes

Dasychira glaucofusca

speciesDasychira glaucofusca

Dasychira ochrata

speciesDasychira ochrata

Dasychira daphne

speciesDasychira daphne

Dasychira andulo

speciesDasychira andulo

Dasychira dasymalla

speciesDasychira dasymalla

Dasychira hyphasma

speciesDasychira hyphasma

Dasychira inconspicua

speciesDasychira inconspicua

Dasychira nubifera

speciesDasychira nubifera

Dasychira obsoletissima

speciesDasychira obsoletissima

Dasychira perfida

speciesDasychira perfida

Dasychira pinodes

speciesDasychira pinodes

Dasychira saussurei

speciesDasychira saussurei

Dasychira styx

speciesDasychira styx

Dasychira umbrata

speciesDasychira umbrata

Dasychira bonaberiensis

speciesDasychira bonaberiensis

Dasychira polia

speciesDasychira polia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146979.