Orgyia vetusta

TaxID: 335474

Basic Information

Orgyia vetusta

Western Tussock Moth, western tussock moth

Orgyia vetusta, also known as the western tussock moth, formerly Hemerocampa vetusta, is a moth found in the Pacific States and British Columbia. The species is dimorphic; the females are flightless. The Western tussock moth is reported on virtually all California oak species as well as various fruit and nut trees, ceanothus, hawthorn, manzanita, pyracantha, toyon, walnut, and willow. There is an isolated population in Boise County, Idaho. This species has also been seen in U.S. gulf coast states such as Louisiana..

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Orgyia

vetusta

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Orgyia vetusta
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(c) Don Loarie@BY-NC-SA
Orgyia vetusta
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(c) Ken-ichi Ueda@BY
Orgyia vetusta
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(c) Александр@BY-NC
Orgyia vetusta
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(c) Tony Iwane@BY-NC
Orgyia vetusta
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(c) Ken-ichi Ueda@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (19 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WAGL4293-24 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 2024-04-25 35.0317, -120.6212
WAGL1107-18 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 2018-05-17 38.322, -123.076
LNAUZ4547-24 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 1995-06-30 38.3167, -123.067
LNAUZ1410-22 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 1999-03-31 38.0812, -122.9602
LNAUZ1409-22 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 1999-03-31 38.0812, -122.9602
LNAUZ1408-22 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States - 38.0184, -122.9879
LNAUZ1407-22 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States - 38.0184, -122.9879
LNAUW852-17 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States - 38.3311, -123.027
LNAUU122-15 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 1999-03-01 38.0812, -122.9602
LNAUU121-15 BOLD:AAF1087 COI-5P 658 United States 1999-03-01 38.0812, -122.9602
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