---
title: "Fir Tussock Moth"
description: "Orgyia detrita — Owady i pająki. Orgyia detrita, the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/fir-tussock-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fir Tussock Moth

> Orgyia detrita — Owady i pająki. Orgyia detrita, the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Orgyia detrita*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 13898
- Wikidata: [Q27997871](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27997871)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49016](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49016)

## Names

- en: Fir Tussock Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (12150), MX (13)

## Summary

Orgyia detrita, the fir tussock moth or live oak tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It is found in North America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153715086

## Machine access

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