Biology:Spilosoma vestalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Vestal tiger-moth
Spilosoma vestalis, the Vestal tiger-moth.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. vestalis
Binomial name
Spilosoma vestalis
Packard, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma vestalis ab. amelaina Dyar, 1893

Spilosoma vestalis, the Vestal tiger-moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found along the coast of western North America, from California north to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington (state) and western Idaho.

The length of the forewings is 19–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Alnus rubra and Quercus garryana.[2]

In Cotati, California
Spilosoma vestalis, the Vestal tiger-moth in profile.jpg

References

  1. "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths

Wikidata ☰ Q13523943 entry