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Brown-tail

Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a species in the family Erebidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the brown-tail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown-tail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown-tail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the brown-tail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown-tail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyErebidae
  6. genusEuproctis
  7. SpeciesEuproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Arctia chrysorrhoea, Bombyx auriflus, Bombyx chrysorrhoea, Bombyx phaeorrhea, Bombyx phaeorrhoea, Bombyx phaeorrhoeus, Euproctis chrysorrhoea f. fuscabdominata, Euproctis chrysorrhoea f. nigricosta, Euproctis phaeorrhoea, Euproctis phaeorrhoeus, Euproctis punctifera, Liparis chrysorrhaea, Liparis chrysorrhoea, Nygma phaeorrhaea, Nygmia phaeorrhea, Nygmia phaeorrhoea, Phalaena chrysorrhoea, Phalaena phaeorrhoea, Porthesia chrysorrhoea

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Brown-tail mothEnglish
  • Brown-tail tussock mothEnglish
  • Browntail mothEnglish
  • ЗалатагузкаBelarusian
  • bekyně zlatořitnáCzech
  • Siobyn Cynffon FrownWelsh
  • Brunhale aranyfarú szövöDanish
  • GoldafterGerman
  • pruunsaba-lainelaneEstonian
  • pronssiperäFinnish
  • Cul-brunFrench
  • Aranyfarú szövőHungarian
  • オグロムモンシロドクガJapanese
  • Auksauodegis verpikasLithuanian
  • brungumpspinnerNorwegian Bokmål
  • BastaardsatijnvlinderDutch
  • Kuprówka rudnicaPolish
  • золотучкаRussian
  • mníška zlatoritkaSlovak
  • belokrila zlatoritkaSlovenian
  • äpplerödgumpSwedish
  • Altın KelebekTurkish
  • золотогузUkrainian
  • Siobynnau Cynffon FrownWelsh
  • BrunhaleDanish
  • Brunhalet frynsespinderDanish
  • GuldduskDanish
  • GuldhaleDanish
  • Mørk guldhaleDanish
  • Bombyx cul brunFrench
  • Cul-brun (Le)French
  • De bastaardsatijnvlinderDutch
  • ЗлатогузкаRussian
  • золотистый шелкопрядRussian
  • Altın Kıçlı KelebekTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown-tail

Other species in the same genus Euproctis.

CompareBrown-tail vs Freshwater mangrove itchy caterpillarBrown-tail vs Black-bodied Browntail mothBrown-tail vs Taiwan yellow tussock mothBrown-tail vs Saffron tussock

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the brown-tail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown-tail as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the brown-tail?

The brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) belongs to the family Erebidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tail

MLA

“Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tail.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_tail_2026,
  title = {Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}