Automeriina Moth (Hylesia metabus)
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About Automeriina Moth (Hylesia metabus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Arthropods
- Class: Insects
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
The yellowtail moth or ashen moth is a species of moth found in northeastern South America. Contact with the urticating hairs of adult female moths is known to cause a cutaneous condition called the Caripito itch. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
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