Syntomis cerbera

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

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 .

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Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Syntomis

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. Cotes and C. Swinhoe. Calcutta: Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1887-1889. url p. 46.
• A catalogue of the moths of India. Calcutta, Indian Museum, 1887. url p. 46.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 263.
• Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum / London: British Museum, 1898-1920. url p. 83.
• Illustrations of exotic entomology: containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties / by Dru Drury. London: Henry G. Bohn. .., 1837. url p. 51, p. 51.
• Lepidoptera of the Congo: being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition: together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. New York?, 1920 url p. 263.
• Moths / by G.F. Hampson. London: Taylor and Francis, 1892-1937. url p. 228.
• On a collection of Sierra Leone lepidoptera / London: R. H. Porter, 1893 url p. 21.
• Psyche. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Entomological Club url p. 584.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 287, p. 296, p. 301, p. 302, p. 355.
• Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu, by A. Donaldson Smith. .. London, E. Arnold, 1897. url p. 409.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2961501
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4060671

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=32&sci=Arctiidae&com=Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths [back]

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