Spilosoma danbyi

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Spilosoma danbyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. danbyi
Binomial name
Spilosoma danbyi
(Neumögen & Dyar, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia rubra var. danbyiNeumoegen & Dyar, 1893

Spilosoma danbyi, or Danby's tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington and western Canada from British Columbia to Manitoba.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was formerly considered a synonym of Spilosoma pteridis . [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma danbyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. "930315 – 8139.1 – Spilosoma danbyi – (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  3. Eiseman, Charley (December 1, 2009). "Species Spilosoma danbyi - Hodges#8139". BugGuide. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.