#3087 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Banded Tussock Moth
Halysidota tessellaris
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- 10. © Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Halysidota tessellaris , also called the banded tussock moth , tessellated halisidota , and pale tiger moth , is in Erebidae. , 1999, Hristov and Conner 2005), at least in adults. Larval brazen behaviours suggest that they are chemically protected; they have not been analyzed for alkaloid content.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 72,169 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by James Edward Smith in 1797 (229 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Banded Tussock Moth
- scientific name
- Halysidota tessellaris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 72,169
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1797 by James Edward Smith
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 120217, Wikidata Q1763125, GBIF 1814338, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.