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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Spilosomina » Hypercompe » Many-spotted Tiger Moth - Hodges#8144 (Hypercompe permaculata)

Species Hypercompe permaculata - Many-spotted Tiger Moth - Hodges#8144

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Many-spotted tiger moth - Hypercompe permaculata - female Many-spotted tiger moth - Hypercompe permaculata - female Hypercompe permaculata Hyphantria or Hypercompe sp. Tiger Moth - Hypercompe permaculata Backyard moth - Hypercompe permaculata Leopard Moth - Hypercompe permaculata Black and white moth - Hypercompe permaculata Hypercompe Permaculata - Hypercompe permaculata
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Spilosomina
Genus Hypercompe
Species permaculata (Many-spotted Tiger Moth - Hodges#8144)
Hodges Number
8144
Other Common Names
Western Leopard Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypercompe permaculata (Packard, 1872)
Turuptiana permaculata (Packard, 1872)
Leucarctia permaculata Packard, 1872
Phylogenetic sequence # 930321 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 6 species of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 16-19 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult: forewing white with many black solid rectangular spots arranged loosely in rows; hindwing white; thorax white with black spots (including a row down the middle); legs black with large white patches
Range
western United States and southwestern Canada
Habitat
short-grass prairies, meadows
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the main flight period is June to August. (2)
Life Cycle
Larva; pupa; newly emerged adult; fully emerged adult
See Also
Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia) doesn't occur in the west, and its forewing has at least some hollow spots
other species of Hypercompe are restricted to the far south in North America - see links to distribution maps for 4 species
Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina) forewing has more numerous spots, and legs are all black
Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea) forewing has fewer and smaller spots, and thorax is not spotted (compare images of both species at CBIF)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 270; plate 47, fig. 27. (2)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult image and seasonal distribution chart plus other info (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Butterflies of North America
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 July, 2007 - 10:20am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, David Ferguson, marcie oconnor
Last updated 28 February, 2016 - 5:52pm

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