Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Similar Agreeable tiger moth, Spilosoma, Virbia laeta, Virbia aurantiaca, Spilosoma virginica | ||
Spilosoma latipennis, the pink-legged tiger moth, or the red-legged diacrisia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on various plants, including ash trees, dandelions, impatiens and plantain.
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