scientific name : Halysidota tessellaris
common name : Pale tussock moth (banded tussock moth)
information : Gray, dirty tan to yellow-brown with long paired white and black lashes on second and third thoracic segments. Those of second thoracic segment projecting forward beyond head. Eighth abdominal segment with third set of lashes. Dark medial dorsal tufts often forming dorsal line.

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