Yarrow's tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Arctia |
Species: | A. yarrowii
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Binomial name | |
Arctia yarrowii
Stretch, 1874
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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]
Yarrow's tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Arctia |
Species: | A. yarrowii
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Binomial name | |
Arctia yarrowii
Stretch, 1874
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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]