# Hyphantria

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Genus of moths

Hyphantria Hyphantria cunea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Subtribe: Spilosomina Genus: Hyphantria Harris, 1841 Type species Hyphantria textor Harris, 1841

***Hyphantria*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [tiger moths](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). The genus was erected by [Thaddeus William Harris](/source/Thaddeus_William_Harris) in 1841.[1] The moths are primarily found in North and Central America. One species, *[Hyphantria cunea](/source/Hyphantria_cunea)*, was introduced in Eurasia.

## Species

- *[Hyphantria cunea](/source/Hyphantria_cunea)* (Drury, 1773)

- *[Hyphantria orizaba](/source/Hyphantria_orizaba)* (Druce, 1897)

- *[Hyphantria panoezys](/source/Hyphantria_panoezys)* (Dyar, 1916)

- *[Hyphantria penthetria](/source/Hyphantria_penthetria)* Dyar, 1912

- *[Hyphantria pictipupa](/source/Hyphantria_pictipupa)* Fitch, 1857

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Savela, Markku. ["*Hyphantria* Harris, 1841"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hyphantria/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved September 27, 2019.

- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. ["Search results Family: Arctiidae"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. Natural History Museum, London.

Taxon identifiers Hyphantria Wikidata: Q3006558 Wikispecies: Hyphantria ADW: Hyphantria BioLib: 54893 BOLD: 4391 BugGuide: 258 ButMoth: 14249.0 EoL: 51532877 EPPO: 1HYPHG Fauna Europaea: 446993 Fauna Europaea (new): 8c623c24-41ed-4586-83ce-11fbf76903f1 GBIF: 1817786 iNaturalist: 127135 Insecta.pro: 1234 ITIS: 117303 LepIndex: 42724 NBN: NHMSYS0021157668 NCBI: 39465

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