Project Noah

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

Join Project Noah Today

Banded Tussock Moth

Halysidota tessellaris

Description:

Creamy colored moth with colorful pattern behind its head.

Habitat:

Found in NYC

Notes:

The only notable moth for me during Moth Week and it was dead :( I'm still keeping the dream alive (and my eyes open) for more moths!

No species ID suggestions

4 Comments

Yasser
Yasser 9 months ago

Jacob, I had no idea! That's wild. Thanks for sharing. Moth Week has been awesome and I'm so glad we all got to be a part of the very first one! I'm looking forward to 51 more weeks of moth hunting until next year's Moth Week :)

Jakubko
Jakubko 9 months ago

Awesome find, Yasser! I just learned this moth, in its eastern reigon can only be distinguished by the Sycamore Tussock Moth by genitalia dissection. You can read more here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/541
Beautiful moth, and thanks so much for everything during National Moth Week! It was great!

Yasser
Yasser 9 months ago

That's right bayucca! One thing is for sure, Moth Week has made me much more observant of the little flying things that I see at night :) It's amazing what we find if we only pause to look. Congrats again on your recognition. You truly deserved it!

bayucca
bayucca 9 months ago

There are still 51 moths weeks left ;-)... Thanks again!

NYC, New York, USA

Lat: 40.79, Long: -73.96

Spotted on Jul 26, 2012
Submitted on Jul 29, 2012

Spotted for mission

Related spottings

Halysidota tessellaris Halysidota Caterpillar (?) Banded Tussock Moth OR Sycamore Tussock Moth banded tussock moth caterpillar

Nearby spottings

purple-edged toothlike polypore (Trichaptum biforme) [1 of 2] Boletus campestris (1 of 2) purple-edged, toothlike bracket fungus (Trichaptum biforme) [2 of 2] Boletus campestris (2 of 2)