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title: "Cocoa Tussock Moth"
description: "Orgyia postica — Insects & spiders. Orgyia postica, the cocoa tussock moth or hevea tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae found in the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, and Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cocoa-tussock-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cocoa Tussock Moth

> Orgyia postica — Insects & spiders. Orgyia postica, the cocoa tussock moth or hevea tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae found in the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, and Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Orgyia postica*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7984
- Wikidata: [Q7102162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7102162)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199438](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199438)

## Names

- en: Cocoa Tussock Moth

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2345), HK (1504), TH (134), IN (128), JP (105), CN (66), PH (26), MO (25), MY (19), ID (14), SG (9), VN (7)

## Summary

Orgyia postica, the cocoa tussock moth or hevea tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae found in the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, and Taiwan. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgyia_postica

## Photo

![Cocoa Tussock Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cocoa-tussock-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Agnes Trekker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75742270

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cocoa-tussock-moth?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).