The brown-tail moth is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast of Africa. Descriptions of outbreaks, i.e., large population increases of several years duration, have been reported as far back as the 1500s. The life cycle of the moth is atypical, in that it spends approximately nine months as larvae (caterpillars), leaving about one month each for pupae, imagos and eggs. Larvae (caterpillars) are covered in hairs. Two red spots on the back, toward the tail, distinguish these species from other similarly hairy moth larvae. The winged adults have white wings and a hairy white body with a tuft of brown hair at the tip of the abdomen. Females lay one egg cluster, usually on the underside of a leaf of a host plant. The species is polyphagous, meaning that it feeds on many different species of trees, including pear, apple, maple and oak.
The yellow-tail, goldtail moth or swan moth is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1775, and has commonly been placed within the related genus Euproctis. It is distributed throughout Europe to the Urals, then east across the Palearctic to Siberia and south to India and Sri Lanka.
Hyarias is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its only species, Hyarias metarhoda, was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is strictly endemic to the Philippines.
Chenuala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Anthelidae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its only species, Chenuala heliaspis, the rose anthelid, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is endemic to Australia.
Arna is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. It contains many species formerly included in the genus Euproctis, such as Arna bipunctapex.
Euproctis is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are cosmopolitan, widespread throughout Palearctic, African, Oriental and Australian regions. Molecular phylogenetic studies indicate that the genus as presently understood comprises a large number of unrelated lineages, only a few of which have names, and is therefore in serious need of revision.
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Euproctis limbalis, the bordered browntail moth, is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is known from Australia, including Queensland and New South Wales.
Synemon collecta, the striated sun moth, is a moth in the family Castniidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The population in Victoria might represent an undescribed allied species.
Cyclophora intermixtaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Taiwan, the Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Euproctis lutea, the fresh-water mangrove itchy caterpillar, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Australia and New Guinea.
Euproctis rhoda is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is sometimes classified as a subspecies of Euproctis howra. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Andaman Islands and Australia.
Margaroniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Charles Swinhoe and Everard Charles Cotes in 1889, originally as family Margaronidae.
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