Dasychira pinicola
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| Pine tussock moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dasychira |
| Species: | D. pinicola |
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| Dasychira pinicola Dyar, 1911 | |
Dasychira pinicola, the pine tussock moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911 and is found in the eastern US.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Pinus species, including Pinus banksiana.[1]
