Orgyia antiqua

Rusty tussock moth
male imago and caterpillar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Orgyia
Species:
O. antiqua
Binomial name
Orgyia antiqua
Synonyms
  • Notolophus antiqua Linnaeus[1]
  • Orgyia confinis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
  • Orgyia gonostigma (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Orgyia recens (Hübner, 1819)
  • Phalaena antiqua Linnaeus, 1758
  • Phalaena paradoxa (Retzius, 1783)

Orgyia antiqua, the rusty tussock moth or vapourer,[2] is a moth in the family Erebidae.

  1. ^ Arnaud Jr., Paul Henri (1978). "A Host-parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera)". Miscellaneous Publication (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) (1319). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ Explanation of name "vapourer"