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Species Arctia plantaginis - Wood Tiger Moth - Hodges#8127

Arctiidae? - Arctia plantaginis - female

ID request, Parasemia plantaginis? - Arctia plantaginis

Another Wood Tiger Moth - Arctia plantaginis - male

Arctia plantaginis (planta)? - Arctia plantaginis

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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 Arctiina

Genus Arctia

Species plantaginis (Wood Tiger Moth - Hodges#8127)

Hodges Number

8127

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arctia plantaginis (Linnaeus 1758)

Phalaena plantaginis Linnaeus 1758

Parasemia plantaginis

* phylogenetic sequence #930283

Explanation of Names

Arctia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758) was transferred from the genus Parasemia in Ronka et al. (2016).

Size

forewing 15-18 mm(1)

Range

throughout much of boreal North America and Eurasia(1)

Habitat

boreal(1)

Food

Several families of plants, including Polygonaceae and blueberry (Vaccinium)

Remarks

day flier (diurnal)

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (2)

Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 47.1f, .2m, .3m, 04f; p. 268.(1)

Ronka, K., J. Mappes, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology, 41(4): 844-853.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	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 .

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 13 August, 2007 - 9:30pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Vox Sciurorum, KenW, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 December, 2020 - 3:32pm

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