Orgyia is a genus of tussock moths of the Erebidae family. The species are cosmopolitan, except neotropical region.


Orgyia sp.
Description

In male, flight diurnal. Palpi short, porrect, and heavily fringed with hair. Antennae with long branches and with long spines at extremities. Legs heavily hairy. Abdomen with a dorsal tuft on second segment. Fore wings with vein 9 arising from vein 10 and anastomosing with vein 8 to form an areole. Hind inwgs with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from just above angle. Vein 6 and 7 stalked. In female, palpi and legs are less hairy. Antennae serrate. Wings aborted, scale-like and covered with hair. Abdomen covered with hair and immensely dilated when full of eggs.

Species

Orgyia albofasciata (Schintlmeister, 1994)
Orgyia amphideta (Turner, 1902)
Orgyia anartoides (Walker, 1855)
Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) – Rusty Tussock Moth, Vapourer Moth
Orgyia antiquoides (Hübner, 1822)
Orgyia araea (Collenette, 1932)
Orgyia ariadne (Schintlmeister, 1994)
Orgyia athlophora Turner, 1921
Orgyia aurolimbata Guenée, 1835
Orgyia australis Walker, 1855
Orgyia basinigra (Heylaerts, 1892)
Orgyia cana H. Edwards, 1881
Orgyia chionitis (Turner, 1902)
Orgyia corsica (Boisduval, 1834)
Orgyia definita Packard, – Definite Tussock Moth
Orgyia detrita Guérin-Méneville, – Fir Tussock Moth
Orgyia dewara Swinhoe, 1903
Orgyia diplosticta (Collenette, 1933)
Orgyia dubia (Tauscher, 1806)
Orgyia falcata Schaus, 1896
Orgyia fulviceps (Walker, 1855)
Orgyia josephina Austaut, 1880
Orgyia leptotypa (Turner, 1904)
Orgyia leucostigma (Smith, 1797) – White-marked Tussock Moth
Orgyia leuschneri Riotte, 1972
Orgyia magna Ferguson, 1978
Orgyia osseana Walker, 1862
Orgyia papuana Riotte, 1976
Orgyia pelodes (Lower, 1893)
Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855)
Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough, 1921) – Douglas Fir Tussock Moth
Orgyia recens (Hübner, 1819) – Scarce Vapourer Moth
Orgyia rupestris Rambur, 1832
Orgyia sarramea Holloway
Orgyia semiochrea (Herrich-Schäffer, )
Orgyia splendida (Rambur, 1842)
Orgyia thyellina Butler, 1881
Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829
Orgyia turbata Butler, 1879
Orgyia vetusta Boisduval, 1852 – Western Tussock Moth