Arctia festiva
Appearance
Hebe tiger moth | |
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Imago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Arctia |
Species: | A. festiva
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Binomial name | |
Arctia festiva (Hufnagel, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Eucharia festiva (Hufnagel, 1766) |
Arctia festiva, the hebe tiger moth, is a moth species of the family Erebidae. Some authors have separated it in a monotypic genus Eucharia. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Near East, Iran, Central Asia, European Russia, Southern Siberia, Mongolia and China.[1]
The adults of this species display polymorphism; in addition, several subspecies are recognized. The wingspan is 45–60 mm. The moth flies February to July depending on the location, mainly in spring.
The caterpillar feeds on a wide range of plants.
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/ArctiaFestiva.htm Lepidoptera of Europa and North Africa
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arctia festiva.
Wikispecies has information related to Eucharia festiva.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Fauna Europaea
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Lepiforum.de
- Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)