Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Large Ruby Tiger Moth, Dusky Red Tiger Moth
Description
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Family Arctiidae
'The Arctiidae are members
of the Superfamily
Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, moths of this family
are richest in the tropics. The small to medium-sized adults
are often white, yellow, orange, or red with black markings on the forewings
. Some adults are day-fliers, while others are nocturnal
. Larvae are typically very hairy
; some tiger
moth larvae are called "woolly
bears." Larvae feed on lichens as well as herbaceous and woody plants
, and some species are forest
pests. Pupation takes place in cocoons
made of matted
larval hair and little or no silk
.
'[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Suborder:
Glossata
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
()
- Family:
Arctiidae
()
- Tiger Moths
- Group:
Arctiinina
()
- Subfamily:
Arctiinae
()
- Genus:
Phragmatobia
()
- Stephens, 1828
- Specific name:
assimilans
- Walker 1855
- Scientific name: - Phragmatobia assimilans Walker 1855
- Specific name:
assimilans
- Walker 1855
- Genus:
Phragmatobia
(
- Subfamily:
Arctiinae
(
- Group:
Arctiinina
(
- Family:
Arctiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Suborder:
Glossata
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Phragmatobia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. assimilans (Large Ruby Tiger Moth) · P. fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger Moth) · P. fuliginosa fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger Moth) · P. fuliginosa rubricosa (Ruby Tiger Moth) · P. lineata (Lined Ruby Tiger Moth) · P. rubricosa (Ruby Tiger Moth)
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Further Reading
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- A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico / by B. Neumoegen and Harrison G. Dyar. [Lawrence, Kan.?: Allen Press?], 1893-94. url p. 180.
- Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. url p. 117, p. 117, p. 44, p. 44, p. 97.
- Annual report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insects and Fungous Diseases. Quebec: The Society, 1909-1920. url p. 25.
- Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum / [by George F. Hampson] LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1913 url p. 244.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. CambridgeUniversity Press1908-14 url p. 787.
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1898-19. url p. 351.
- Entomologica Americana. [Lawrence, Kan., etc.]New York Entomological Society [etc.] url , , p. 230, p. 85, p. 85.
- Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url , , p. 1, p. 2, p. 2, p. 41.
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url , p. 124, p. 180, p. 259.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 536.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: [Printed by the Society], 1863-1867. url p. 122.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 52.
- The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url , p. 119, p. 127, p. 127, p. 244, p. 70, p. 70.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 667.
- The Ottawa naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 84.
- The Tineina of North America, by (the late) Dr. Brackenridge Clemens. (Being a collected edition of his writings on that group of insects) With notes by the editor, H. T. Stainton. .. London, J. Van Voorst, 1872. url p. 160.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2628539
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-44375.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1706775
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=32&sci=Arctiidae&com=Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths [back]
