- Scientific name: Tolype dayi (Blackmore)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Lasiocampidae
Distribution
- British Columbia
Damage, symptoms and biology
Tolype dayi is a relatively uncommon innocuous solitary defoliator.Mature larva up to 34 mm long. Head, grey with dark markings. Body, grey, mid-line of dorsum with dark diamond-like markings; transverse black and orange marking across dorsum of third thoracic segment; transverse black marking on dorsum of the fifth abdominal segment. Paired dorsal tubercles beset with long hairs on dorsum of each segment; hairy lobes along sides of body.
This species appears to overwinter in the egg stage. Larvae are present May to August; pupation occurs July to August and adults emerge August to September.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Diet and feeding behaviour
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Phyllophagous:
Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
Photos
Dorso-lateral view of a mature larva, on a ponderosa pine
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia