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Subfamily Arctiinae - Tiger Moths

Ranchman's Tiger Moth Caterpillar - Platyprepia virginalis cat 3 - Estigmene acrea Salt Marsh Moth - Estigmene acrea Cryptantha Caterpillar Hypercompe scribonia chrysalis - Hypercompe scribonia Fall Webworm caterpillar - Hyphantria cunea Hickory Tussock Moth - Lophocampa caryae Virginian Tiger Moth pupae compared to Fall Webworm pupae
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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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Recent publications by Jacobson and Weller (2002) and Kitching and Rawlins (1999) split the former subfamily Ctenuchinae into two New World tribes [Ctenuchini and Euchromiini] within Arctiinae, and treat the former subfamily Pericopinae as a tribe [Pericopini] of Arctiinae.
Print References
Jacobson, N.L., and S.J. Weller. 2002. A cladistic study of the tiger moth family Arctiidae (Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology. Thomas Say Monograph Series, Ent. Soc. America.
Kitching, I.J., and J.E. Rawlins. 1999. (The Noctuoidea, pp. 355-401 in Kristensen N.P. (editor). Lepidoptera: Moths and butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, systematics and biogeography. Handbook of Zoology/Handbuch der Zoologie. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin/New York).
Internet References
Zootaxa. Checklist of Arctiinae of US and Canada.