Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Scientific name Parasemia plantaginis Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Superfamily Noctuoidea Genus Parasemia Higher classification Parasemia | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Diacrisia sannio, Scarlet tiger moth, Spilosoma lubricipeda, Phragmatobia fuliginosa | ||
2009 07 15 t pl kehr j parasemia plantaginis
Parasemia plantaginis, the wood tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. One subspecies is endemic to North America.
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- 2009 07 15 t pl kehr j parasemia plantaginis
- Parasemia plantaginis
- Description
- Biology
- Subspecies
- References
Parasemia plantaginis
Description
The wingspan is 32–38 mm. This moth is extraordinarily variable. Normally it has a black forewing in both sexes, with moderately broad, ivory yellow bands. The hindwing is yellow in the male, with an irregular marginal band which is often interrupted, and 2 or 3 submarginal spots. The basal portion of the hindwing bears black streaks at the margin of the cell, and before the anal margin. In the female the hindwing is red above with the base strongly black. Numerous aberrations have been found and named, which often occur predominantly, often only exceptionally among typical specimens. Major aberrations are listed by Seitz, 1913
Biology
The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on plantains, hawkbits, hawkweeds, and other low-growing plants.
Subspecies
