Pine tussock facts for kids
"Pine tussock " redirects here. For the other moth with this name, see Dasychira pinicola.
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Dasychira grisefacta, the pine tussock or grizzled tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in North America 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 recognized subspecies:
- Dasychira grisefacta grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)
- Dasychira grisefacta ella (Bryk, 1934)
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