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Paramsacta marginata

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Donovan's tiger moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Paramsacta
Species:
P. marginata
Binomial name
Paramsacta marginata
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena marginata
  • Aloa marginata
  • Areas roseicostis
  • Areas punctipennis
  • Amsacta flaveola
  • Paramsacta pura
  • Amsacta eurymochla

Paramsacta marginata (Donovan's tiger moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most of Australia, New Guinea, Fergusson Island and the Louisiade Archipelago.

The larvae feed on Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae and Portulacaceae species.