Dasychira grisefacta
| Dasychira grisefacta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lymantriidae |
| Genus: | Dasychira |
| Species: | D. grisefacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasychira grisefacta Dyar, 1911 | |
The Pine Tussock or Grizzled Tussock (Dasychira grisefacta) is a species of moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in Alberta, from British Columbia to Arizona and Oregon, in New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.
The wingspan is about 42 mm for males, the females are wingless.
The larvae feed on Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, Pinus ponderosa and Pinus edulis.
Subspecies
There are two recognised subspecies:
- Dasychira grisefacta grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)
- Dasychira grisefacta ella (Bryk, 1934)