Biology:Spilosoma latipennis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Spilosoma latipennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. latipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872
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Spilosoma latipennis, the pink-legged tiger moth, or the red-legged diacrisia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Indiana , Iowa, Kansas , Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin.[1]
The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.[2]
The larvae feed on various plants, including ash trees, dandelions, impatiens and plantain.[3]
References
- ↑ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ A Prairie Haven
External References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma latipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45018.
- Spilosoma latipennis at BOLD
Wikidata ☰ Q13524145 entry
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