The Arctiinae are a large and diverse subfamily of moths, with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This group includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths, which usually have bright colours, footmen, which are usually much drabber, lichen moths, and wasp moths. Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name of this subfamily refers to this hairiness. Some species within the Arctiinae have the word tussock in their common name due to people misidentifying them as members of the Lymantriinae based on the characteristics of the larvae.
Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
The Spilosomina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the tribe Arctiini, which is part of the family Erebidae.
The Maltese ruby tiger moth is a subspecies of moth endemic to the Maltese Islands. It was first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927. It belongs to the subfamily Arctiinae.
Epatolmis is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. Its single species, Epatolmis caesarea, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Amur, Mongolia, northern China up to Korea and Japan.
Phragmatobia fuliginosa, the ruby tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Phragmatobia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Stephens in 1828. Many tiger-moth species of small and medium size were described within this genus. However, only a few are related to the type species.
Perigrapha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Pyrrhia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Daphnis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Daphnis torenia is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882. It is found in the Pacific, including Fiji, the New Hebrides and Hawaii.
Daphnis placida is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Scopula placida is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on the Solomon Islands.
Eupithecia placida is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in China.
Phragmatobia amurensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Seitz in 1910. It is found in the Russian Far East, China, Korea and Japan.
Phragmatobia assimilans, the large ruby tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Connecticut, in the east to British Columbia. There are isolated populations in northern Colorado and the Black Hills of South Dakota. The habitat consists of open meadows and moist forests.
Phragmatobia lineata, the lined ruby tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Newman and Donahue in 1966. It is found from the north-eastern United States, west to Manitoba and Alberta. The habitat consists of prairies.
Syntrichura placida is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Guatemala.
Abagrotis placida, the red cutworm, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
