Tigrioides puncticollis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Tigrioides |
Species: | T. puncticollis
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Binomial name | |
Tigrioides puncticollis (Butler, 1877)
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Tigrioides puncticollis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found on Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok.[1] The habitat consists of lower montane forests and lowland forests.
The larvae feed on mosses. They are short, dark and very hairy.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Tigrioides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum