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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 » Spilosoma » Pink-legged Tiger Moth - Hodges#8133 (Spilosoma latipennis)

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

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Spilosoma

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

Hodges Number

8133

Explanation of Names

Specific name latipennis is Latin meaning "broad-winged." (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

Food

Probably polyphagous like other members of the genus (Moths of North Carolina)

Life Cycle

Life cycle images:

mated pair; herbivory on ash; young larvae on ash; older larva; two larvae; larva head; cocoons; adult

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 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

key to Arctiidae in the Dakotas (North Dakota State University)

iNaturalist

Block Island Moths

Moths of North Carolina

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Mike Boone on 19 June, 2005 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 10:23am

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