White spotted tussock moth eggs
Orgyia thyellina Butler
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Size range
- Individual eggs about 1 mm in diameter
Distribution
- From northern Asia
- Found in Auckland’s eastern suburbs in 1996
Life History
- Medium–sized moth, wingspan of male 26 mm
- Apparently eradicated by spray programme at that time
- Pest of many forest and horticultural trees. Caterpillars eat foliage
Additional images
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Caterpillar of white spotted tussock moth
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Adult male moth
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Adult female moth (a wingless form also occurs.)
