| Yarrow's tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. yarrowii |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctia yarrowii Stretch, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arctia yarrowii, or Yarrow's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in North America from Hudson Bay to British Columbia and northern Arizona. [1] The habitat consists of barren rocky fellfields and slides above the timberline. These moths are also found in the Pacific Northwest. [2]
The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-July to mid-August. [3]
The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants. [4]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Pararctia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia. [5] [6]