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ARCTIIDAE (tiger moths)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Garden Tiger)   12   1 11
Species Arctia villica (Cream-spot Tiger) 1        
Subspecies Arctia villica ssp. britannica (Oberthur, 1911) (a cream-spot tiger)         3
Species Atolmis rubricollis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red-necked Footman)   23 2    
Species Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scarlet Tiger Moth) 1 19   1 2
Species Cybosia mesomella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Four-dotted Footman Moth)   5      
Species Diaphora mendica (Clerck, 1759) (Muslin Moth)   2     1
Genus Eilema (footman moths) 5        
Species Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scarce Footman)   15 11 1  
Species Eilema deplana (Esper, 1787) (Buff Footman)   12      
Species Eilema griseola (Hubner, 1803) (Dingy Footman Moth)   1      
Species Eilema lurideola (Zincken, 1817) (Common Footman)   7 7    
Species Eilema sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766) (Orange Footman)   7      
Species Miltochrista miniata (Forster, 1771) (Rosy Footman)   7 1    
Species Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Wood Tiger)         3
Species Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ruby Tiger)   5     5
Genus Spilosoma (ermine moths) 3        
Species Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) (White Ermine)   16 2   5
Species Spilosoma luteum (Hufnagel, 1766) (Buff Ermine)   24 1   2
Informal (Spilosoma lubricipedia / luteum) (White/Buff Ermine) 2 40 3   9
Species Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cinnabar Moth)   23     4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1979 Sphingidae to Noctuidae (Noctuinae & Hadeninae) (vol 9)

ARCTIIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with ARCTIIDAE:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Thelaira solivaga - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign

Arctiidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

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