Ardices curvata

Crimson tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Ardices
Species: A. curvata
Binomial name
Ardices curvata
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms

Spilosoma curvata

Ardices curvata (crimson tiger moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia. Formerly included in Spilosoma, but later generic status of Ardices was proved (Dubatolov, 2005).

The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pelargonium zonale and Tropaeolum majus.

References

Dubatolov, V.V., 2005: On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 36 (1/2): 173-179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).


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