Biology:Spilosoma vagans
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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. vagans
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| Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852)[1]
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Spilosoma vagans, the wandering diacrisia or wandering tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852. It is found in western North America, from southern California , southern Utah and central Colorado north to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta. The habitat consists of drier forests, including open ponderosa pine forests and mixed hardwood-conifer forests.
The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground color of the wings ranges from light yellow brown with a salt-and-pepper dusting to ochre, bright orange brown, grey brown or dark reddish brown. Adults are on wing from late April to early August.
The larvae feed various herbaceous plants.[2]
Subspecies
- Spilosoma vagans vagans
- Spilosoma vagans kasloa (Dyar, 1904)[3]
References
- ↑ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ↑ Spilosoma vagans at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma vagans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45505.
- Spilosoma vagans at BOLD
- Spilosoma vagans at EOL
- Spilosoma vagans at BHL
Wikidata ☰ Q13523946 entry
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