#3145 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Spotted Tussock Moth
Lophocampa maculata
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what is it?
Lophocampa maculata ( spotted tussock moth , mottled tiger or spotted halisidota ) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found across Canada, the western parts of the United States, south in Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky.
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.
- 31,120 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 (185 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Tussock Moth
- scientific name
- Lophocampa maculata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 31,120
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by Thaddeus William Harris
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 67691, Wikidata Q1764278, GBIF 1817729, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.