Spilosoma pteridis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Spilosoma
Species
Spilosoma pteridis
Scientific Name
Spilosoma pteridis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Spilosoma pteridis

Spilosoma pteridis, the brown tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1875. It is found in the United States in western Oregon and Washington, British Columbia and northern Idaho. The habitat consists of wet forests west of the Cascades, including coastal rainforests, low elevation mixed hardwood-conifer forests, as well as higher elevation conifer forests in the Cascades.

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from late spring to early August.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.

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Brown Tiger Moth

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