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Subfamily Arctiinae - Tiger Moths

Arctiini · Callimorphini · Ctenuchini · Euchromiini · Pericopini
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Tribe Arctiini
Tiger Moth? - Platyprepia virginalis 8194 Phyllira Tiger - Grammia phyllira Moth - Hypercompe scribonia White-dot Moth - Spilosoma dubia Tiger Moth - Grammia figurata - male Figured Tiger Moth - Grammia figurata - male Lovely Pink Moth - Grammia arge 8015960 - Hyphantria

Tribe Callimorphini
Cinnabar Moth - Tyria jacobaeae Clymene Moth - Haploa clymene Haploa Moth - Haploa lecontei Confused Haploa - Haploa confusa Haploa species? - Haploa lecontei Haploa lecontei Cinnabar Moth - Tyria jacobaeae Utetheisa ornatrix ? - Utetheisa ornatrix - female

Tribe Ctenuchini
Yellow-collared Scape Moth? - Cisseps fulvicollis Veined Ctenucha on Purple Flower - Ctenucha venosa Yellow-collared Scape Moth, 5:41pm - Cisseps fulvicollis - female Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis moth - Dahana atripennis Wasp mimicking moth - Cisseps fulvicollis Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis Moth - Ctenucha

Tribe Euchromiini
Oleander Moth - Syntomeida epilais Texas Wasp Moth - Horama panthalon Scarlet-bodied Wasp-moth, Cosmosoma auge - Cosmosoma myrodora Southern Cyan Tiger Moth - Macrocneme chrysitis Syntomeida epilais moth - Empyreuma affinis Orange and Blue Moth - Empyreuma affinis Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth - Cosmosoma myrodora

Tribe Pericopini
Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima Moth - Gnophaela vermiculata Butterfly or moth? - Gnophaela discreta Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima - male Faithful Beauty - Response to predators - Composia fidelissima - female Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima - male unkn Arctiid - Gnophaela - male - female Northern Giant Flag Moth - Dysschema howardi - male


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