Biology:Spilosoma glatignyi

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Black and white tiger moth
Ardices glatignyi 04.jpg
Adult moth
Spilosoma glatignyi caterpillar 1.jpg
Larva
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ardices
Species:
A. glatignyi
Binomial name
Ardices glatignyi
(Le Guillemot)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia glatignyi Le Guillou, 1841
  • Spilosoma glatignyi
  • Spilarctia glatignyi
  • Chelonia pallida Doubleday, 1845
  • Arcides fulvohirta Walker, 1855
  • Spilosoma subocellatum Walker, 1856
  • Spilosoma conferta Walker, 1865
  • Arcides garida Swinhoe, 1892
  • Diacrisia garida
  • Spilosoma queenslandi Lucas, 1898
  • Diacrisia meridionalis Rothschild, 1910
  • Arcides suffusa Rothschild, 1914
  • Maenas fremantlei Strand, 1924
Eggs
Profile of the caterpillar

Ardices glatignyi, the black and white tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found in Australia . Formerly included in Spilosoma, but later generic status of Ardices was proved (Dubatolov, 2005). The larvae are polyphagous, and are known to feed on Lantana camara, Acanthus mollis, and Tradescantia albiflora.[1]

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2005: On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 36 (1/2): 173-179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).
  1. H. A. Rose (1985). "The relationship between feeding specialization and host plants to aldrin epoxidase activities of midgut homogenates in larval Lepidoptera". Ecological Entomology 10 (4): 455–467. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1985.tb00744.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7577326 entry