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Brown-tail Moth- Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Ter Yde, Belgium (July, 2015).
The wings of this species are pure white, as is the body, apart from a tuft of brown hairs at the end of the abdomen. The brown coloration extends along most of the back of the abdomen in the male. In the female, the back of the abdomen is white, but the tuft of brown hairs is much bigger. The wingspan is 36–42 mm. The species flies at night and is attracted to light.
The brown-tail is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is distributed throughout Europe. It is found in North America only on the coast of Maine and Cape Cod where it is considered an invasive species that arrived in the U.S. in the 1890s on nursery stock coming from Europe.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Aug 9, 2016. Captured Jun 19, 2015 15:24 in Ter Yde 2-20, 8670 Koksijde, Belgium.
