Pale Tussock
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Calliteara pudibunda
Common & widespread in England & Wales, local in Ireland & absent from Scotland.
Mainly nocturnal.
Larva usually light lemon yellow, but sometimes brownish yellow, violet or blackish grey, with deep black segmental incisions, lighter dorsal brushes and red or brown pencil on the 11th segment.
The Larvae feeds on a range of deciduous trees & shrubs.
Female: Forewing greyish white dusted with dark, and bearing dark wavy transverse lines edged with pure white on the inner side. Hindwing white with indication of a dark submarginal band.
Male: Forewing olive grey with black median area and darker indistinct slightly wavy transverse lines in the marginal and basal areas.
The Moth flies from April to June.