Euchaetes egle (Drury, 1773)

Milkweed Tussock Moth

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Erebidae

Genus: Euchaetes

Species: Euchaetes egle

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Euchaetes egle

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Associated Species	Type of Associate	Reference
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)	Larval host plant (larval food)	See photo
Asclepias amplexicaulis (Blunt-leaved Milkweed, Clasping Milkweed)	Larval host plant (larval food)	See photo