Dasychira manto Strecker, 1900 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dasychira manto Strecker, 1900

Dasychira manto Strecker, 1900

The Manto tussock moth, Dasychira manto, is an erebid tussock moth species found in North America.

Family
Genus
Dasychira
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dasychira manto Strecker, 1900

Dasychira manto, commonly known as the Manto tussock moth, is a species of tussock moth belonging to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Herman Strecker in 1900. This moth occurs in North America, and its MONA (also called Hodges) index number is 8307.

Photo: (c) Annika Lindqvist, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Annika Lindqvist · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Erebidae › Dasychira

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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