Painted apple moth

Painted apple moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Teia
Species:	T. anartoides
Binomial name
Teia anartoides Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Teia pusillaButler, 1882 Orgyia phineusHerrich-Schäffer, [1858] Orgyia anartoides

The painted apple moth (Teia anartoides) is a tussock moth native to Australia. It is notable as a pest in pine forests, and is classified as a pest in New Zealand. ^[1] Some sources still refer to this species as belonging to the genus Orgyia , but in 2015 the genus Teia was recognized as a separate lineage. ^[2]

In New Zealand, controversy over an aerial spraying programme arose when an outbreak of the moth was identified in Auckland.

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  Female
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  Female, side view
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  Male, dorsal view
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  Male, ventral view
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  Adult bottom view
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  Mating
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  Eggs
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  Egg, close-up
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  Caterpillar
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  Pupa

See also

• Painted apple moth in New Zealand

References

1. Biosecurity New Zealand, Painted Apple Moth Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 2007
2. Wang, H. et al. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions". Cladistics . 31 (6): 579-592 doi : 10.1111/cla.12108