Arctia flavia
| Yellow tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. flavia |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctia flavia (Füssli, 1779) | |
Arctia flavia, the yellow tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Alps above the tree level. It also occurs in Balkan mountains (Rila), European Russia, northern Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, North-Eastern China, and Korea.
The wingspan is 50–70 mm. The moth flies July to August.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants.
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