Dasychira basiflava

Dasychira basiflava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Dasychira
Species: D. basiflava
Binomial name
Dasychira basiflava
(Packard, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Parorgyia basiflava Packard, [1865]
  • Parorgyia clintoni Grote & Robinson, 1866

The Yellow-based Tussock (Dasychira basiflava) is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and southern Ontario west to Iowa, Texas, south to South Carolina and possibly Florida.

The wingspan is 30–39 mm for males and 42–54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to August in the north and earlier in spring in the south. There is one generation in most of the range, but a second generation can occur in the southern part of the range.

The larvae feed on oak, dogwood and blueberry.

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