Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth)

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Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth)

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Summary

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Datasheet Type(s)
Pest
Natural Enemy

Preferred Scientific Name
Orgyia leucostigma

Preferred Common Name
white-marked tussock moth

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Uniramia
Class: Insecta

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Orgyia leucostigma (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Preferred Common Name

white-marked tussock moth

Other Scientific Names

Acyphas plagiata Walker, 1855
Cladophora leucographa Geyer, 1832
Hemerocampa leucostigma (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Orgyia leucographa var. obliviosa Henry Edwards, 1886
Orgyia leucostigma var. borealis Fitch, 1856
Orgyia leucostigma var. intermedia Fitch, 1856
Orgyia libera Strecker, 1900
Orgyia meridionalis Riotte, 1974
Orgyia oslari Barnes, 1900
Orgyia wardi Riotte, 1971
Phalaena leucostigma J.E. Smith, 1797

International Common Names

English: tussock moth, white-marked; whitemarked tussock moth
French: chenille à houppes blanches

EPPO code

HEMELE (Hemerocampa leucostigma)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Uniramia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Orgyia
Species: Orgyia leucostigma

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 10 Jan 2020

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	Reference
North America
Canada	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Alberta	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Manitoba	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-New Brunswick	Present, Localized	Native	Eidt and MacGillivray (1972)
-Newfoundland and Labrador	Present, Localized	Native	West et al. (1987)
-Nova Scotia	Present, Localized	Native	Elgee (1975)
-Ontario	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Quebec	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
United States	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Alabama	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Arkansas	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Colorado	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Florida	Present, Widespread	Native	Dixon and Foltz (1991)
-Georgia	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Iowa	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Kansas	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Louisiana	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Maine	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Maryland	Present, Widespread	Native	Medina and Barbosa (2002)
-Michigan	Present, Widespread	Native	Wilson (1991)
-Mississippi	Present, Widespread	Native	Thompson and Solomon (1986)
-Missouri	Present, Widespread	Native	Richard and Heitzman (1987)
-New Jersey	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-New Mexico	Present, Localized	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-New York	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-South Carolina	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Texas	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-Virginia	Present, Widespread	Native	Ferguson (1978)
-West Virginia	Present		Hajek et al. (2004)

List of Symptoms/Signs

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Sign	Life Stages	Type
Growing point / external feeding
Growing point / external feeding
Leaves / external feeding
Leaves / external feeding
Whole plant / external feeding
Whole plant / external feeding

Natural enemies

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Natural enemy	Type	Life stages
Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki	Pathogen	Larvae
Bacillus thuringiensis thuringiensis	Pathogen	Larvae
Cotesia melanoscela	Parasite	Larvae
Entomophaga aulicae	Pathogen	Larvae
Glyptapanteles porthetriae	Parasite	Larvae
Haematonectria haematococca	Pathogen
Hyposoter exiguae	Parasite	Larvae
Hyposoter fugitivus	Parasite	Larvae
Hyposoter rivalis	Parasite	Larvae
Nucleopolyhedrosis virus	Pathogen	Larvae
Ooencyrtus kuvanae	Parasite	Eggs
Rogas lymantriae	Parasite	Larvae

Plant Trade

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Plant parts liable to carry the pest in trade/transport	Pest stages	Borne internally	Borne externally	Visibility of pest or symptoms
Bark	eggs		Yes	Pest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye
Stems (above ground)/Shoots/Trunks/Branches	eggs		Yes	Pest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye

Plant parts not known to carry the pest in trade/transport
Bulbs/Tubers/Corms/Rhizomes
Flowers/Inflorescences/Cones/Calyx
Fruits (inc. pods)
Growing medium accompanying plants
Leaves
Roots
Seedlings/Micropropagated plants
True seeds (inc. grain)
Wood

Wood Packaging

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Wood Packaging liable to carry the pest in trade/transport	Timber type	Used as packing
Loose wood packing material	Crates	Yes
Solid wood packing material with bark	Crates	Yes
Solid wood packing material without bark	Crates	Yes

Wood Packaging not known to carry the pest in trade/transport
Non-wood
Processed or treated wood

References

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Bryk F, 1934. Das Tierreich. 64(19):61-62.

Dixon WN; Foltz JL, 1991. Caterpillars that are not the gypsy moth caterpillar. Some forest Lepidoptera in Florida (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae). Entomology Circular (Gainesville), No. 344:1 p.

Eidt DC; MacGillivray HG, 1972. Resistance of seven fir species to spruce budworm and other insects. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 28(1):2-3

Elgee E, 1975. Persistence of a virus of the white-marked tussock moth on Balsam Fir foliage. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 31(5):33-34

Ferguson DC, 1978. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae. In: Dominick RB et al., eds. The moths of America north of Mexico (including Greenland), Vol. 22.2. London, UK: E.W. Classey.

Foott WH; Timmins PR, 1977. Observations on new insect pests of grain corn in Essex County, Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 108:49-52

Grant GG, 1978. Field trials on disruption of pheromone communication of tussock moths. Journal of Economic Entomology, 71(3):453-457

Grant GG; McCarty L, 1977. Effect of age on calling behavior and mating success of whitemarked tussock moths. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 33(1):2-3

Guzo D; Stoltz DB, 1985. Obligatory multiparasitism in the tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma. Parasitology, 90(1):1-10

Hajek AE; Strazanac JS; Wheeler MM; Vermeylen FM; Butler L, 2004. Persistence of the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga and its impact on native Lymantriidae. Biological Control, 30(2):466-473.

Medina RF; Barbosa P, 2002. Predation of small and large Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larvae by vertebrate and invertebrate predators. Environmental Entomology, 31(6):1097-1102; 47 ref.

Richard J; Heitzman JE, 1987. Butterflies and Moths of Missouri. Missouri, USA: Missouri Department of Conservation.

Thompson LC; Solomon JD, 1986. The insect defoliator fauna of young sycamore plantations in the Mississippi Delta and its seasonal population development in 1981. Bulletin, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Arkansas University, No. 897:24pp.

Thurston GS, 2002. Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith), Whitemarked tussock Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). In: Mason PG, Huber JT, eds. Biological control programmes in Canada, 1981-2000. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 201-203.

Tietz HM, 1972. An Index to the described Life Histories, Early Stages and Hosts of the Macrolepidoptera of the Continental United States and Canada. Sarasota, Florida, USA: A.C. Allyn.

West RJ; Cunningham JC; Kaupp WJ, 1987. Ground spray applications of Virtuss, a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, against white-marked tussock moth larvae at Bottom Brook, Newfoundland in 1986. Information Report - Newfoundland Forestry Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, No. N-X-257:10 pp.

Wilson LF, 1991. Location and condition of whitemarked tussock moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) cocoons in a Michigan black walnut plantation. Great Lakes Entomologist, 24(3):153-157

Distribution References

Dixon W N, Foltz J L, 1991. Caterpillars that are not the gypsy moth caterpillar. Some forest Lepidoptera in Florida (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae). Entomology Circular (Gainesville). 1 p.

Eidt D C, MacGillivray H G, 1972. Resistance of seven fir species to spruce budworm and other insects. Bi-monthly Research Notes. 28 (1), 2-3.

Elgee E, 1975. Persistence of a virus of the white-marked tussock moth on Balsam Fir foliage. Bi-monthly Research Notes. 31 (5), 33-34.

Ferguson DC, 1978. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae. In: The moths of America north of Mexico (including Greenland), 22.2 [ed. by Dominick RB et al]. London, UK: E.W. Classey.

Hajek A E, Strazanac J S, Wheeler M M, Vermeylen F M, Butler L, 2004. Persistence of the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga and its impact on native Lymantriidae. Biological Control. 30 (2), 466-473. DOI:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.02.005

Medina R F, Barbosa P, 2002. Predation of small and large Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larvae by vertebrate and invertebrate predators. Environmental Entomology. 31 (6), 1097-1102. DOI:10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1097

Richard J, Heitzman JE, 1987. Butterflies and Moths of Missouri., Missouri, USA: Missouri Department of Conservation.

Thompson L C, Solomon J D, 1986. The insect defoliator fauna of young sycamore plantations in the Mississippi Delta and its seasonal population development in 1981. In: Bulletin, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Arkansas University, 24pp.

West R J, Cunningham J C, Kaupp W J, 1987. Ground spray applications of Virtuss®, a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, against white-marked tussock moth larvae at Bottom Brook, Newfoundland in 1986. In: Information Report - Newfoundland Forestry Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, 10 pp.

Wilson L F, 1991. Location and condition of whitemarked tussock moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) cocoons in a Michigan black walnut plantation. Great Lakes Entomologist. 24 (3), 153-157.