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Neoarctia brucei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Neoarctia brucei, Bruce's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by H. Edwards in 1888. It is found in the northern Cascade Mountains, the southern British Columbia Coast Range, the mountains of Vancouver Island and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming.

The length of the forewings is 16–17 mm. The forewings are cream to light pink with broad dark grey transverse lines. The hindwings are medium pinkish red with a dark grey discal spot and an irregular interrupted marginal band. Adults are on wing from early July to early August.

Larvae have only been recorded feeding on Phacelia sericea and Taraxacum officinale, but are probably general feeders on herbaceous vegetation. Larvae have been recorded in mid-June.

References

Neoarctia brucei Wikipedia