Species Spilosoma latipennis - Pink-legged Tiger Moth - Hodges#8133

Classification · Hodges Number · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)

Tribe Arctiini

Genus Spilosoma

Species latipennis (Pink-legged Tiger Moth - Hodges#8133)

Hodges Number

8133

See Also

Indistinguishable when viewed from above from other unspotted Tiger Moths such as S. congrua, Agreeable Tiger Moth. That species shows yellow on the upper legs, where this species is pink or a pinkish-orange.

Print References

Covell, p. 66, plate 13 #3 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

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