Hickory Tussock Moth
Halisidota caryae
USDA Forest Service. 1979. A guide to common insects and diseases of forest trees in the northeastern United States. Northeast. Area State Priv. For., For. Insect and Disease Management., Broomall, PA. p. 123, illus.

The hickory tussock moth is an important defoliator of walnut, butternut, and hickory. It also feeds on birch, elm, black locust, basswood, and aspen.

The hickory tussock moth is an important defoliator of walnut, butternut, and hickory. It also feeds on birch, elm, black locust, basswood, and aspen.

Larva(e); late instar larvae occur singly on vegetation
Photo by Lance S. Risley, William Paterson University

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