Spilosoma vagans

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Spilosoma vagans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. vagans
Binomial name
Spilosoma vagans
(Boisduval, 1852) [1]
Synonyms
  • Arctia vagansBoisduval, 1852
  • Nemeophila rufulaBoisduval, 1855
  • Rhagonis bicolorWalker, 1862
  • Antarctia punctataPackard, 1864
  • Antarctia punctata var. probaH. Edwards, 1881
  • Antarctia walsinghamiiButler, 1881
  • Diacrisia kasloaDyar, 1904

Spilosoma vagans, the wandering diacrisia or wandering tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852. It is found in western North America, from southern California, southern Utah and central Colorado north to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta. The habitat consists of drier forests, including open ponderosa pine forests and mixed hardwood-conifer forests.

The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground color of the wings ranges from light yellow brown with a salt-and-pepper dusting to ochre, bright orange brown, grey brown or dark reddish brown. Adults are on wing from late April to early August.

The larvae feed various herbaceous plants. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Pacific Northwest Moths
  3. ↑ Spilosoma vagans at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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