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tussock moth |
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tussock mothTypical member of the small European and New World lepidopteran family Liparidae (formerly Lymantriidae). The large, hairy larvae of most species have hair tufts, or tussocks; many have stinging hairs. Several species, including the gypsy moth, browntail moth, satin moth, and nun moth, damage trees. The larvae feed on foliage, sometimes foraging from a silken tent or a colonial nest of webbed leaves. Larvae pupate in a cocoon attached to a tree branch or trunk. Adult females range from white to brown; some, such as the white-marked tussock moth, are wingless. See also moth. |
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Hoping to halt aerial pesticide spraying designed to kill the native tussock moth, which attacks evergreens (including Christmas trees), activists pointed out that the U. I say finally killed" because most of the Dougs along the range were getting up in years and were susceptible to the tussock moths or spruce budworms that initially defoliated and weakened them. We wanted to spray the trees with the virus, then let the tussock moth caterpillars feed on them so we could observe the amount of virus infection. |
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