Back Calliteara pudibunda AST Calliteara pudibunda Byelorussian Calliteara pudibunda Catalan Calliteara pudibunda CEB Štětconoš ořechový Czech Siobyn gwelw Welsh Buchen-Streckfuß German Calliteara pudibunda Spanish Calliteara pudibunda Basque شاپرک خاشاکی کمرنگ Persian
| Pale tussock | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Calliteara |
| Species: | C. pudibunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliteara pudibunda | |
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Calliteara pudibunda, the pale tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The Dutch common name for the moth (Meriansborstel) comes from the butterfly and insect painter Maria Sibylla Merian. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Asia and Europe.