Ardices curvata

Crimson tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Ardices
Species:	A. curvata
Binomial name
Ardices curvata (Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
Spilosoma curvata

Ardices curvata, the crimson tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Edward Donovan in 1805 and it is found in Australia . The species was formerly included in Spilosoma, but later generic status of Ardices was proved by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov (2005).

The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pelargonium zonale and Tropaeolum majus.

Dubatolov, V. V. (2005). "On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 36 (1/2): 173–179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).

• Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (11 May 2019). "Spilosoma curvata (Donovan, 1805) Crimson Tiger Moth". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/curvata.html. Retrieved 7 August 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3009277 entry

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