Spilosoma danbyi
| Spilosoma danbyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. danbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma danbyi (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Danby's Tiger Moth[1] (Spilosoma danbyi) is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Neumögen and Dyar in 1893. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington and western Canada from British Columbia to Manitoba.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was formerly considered a synonym of Spilosoma pteridis.[3]
References
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