Spilosoma vagans

Spilosoma vagans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. vagans
Binomial name
Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
Arctia vagans Boisduval, 1852 Nemeophila rufula Boisduval, 1855 Rhagonis bicolor Walker, 1862 Antarctia punctata Packard, 1864 Antarctia punctata var. proba H. Edwards, 1881 Antarctia walsinghamii Butler, 1881 Diacrisia kasloa Dyar, 1904

Spilosoma vagans, the wandering diacrisia or wandering tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852. It is found in western North America, from southern California , southern Utah and central Colorado north to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta. The habitat consists of drier forests, including open ponderosa pine forests and mixed hardwood-conifer forests.

The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground color of the wings ranges from light yellow brown with a salt-and-pepper dusting to ochre, bright orange brown, grey brown or dark reddish brown. Adults are on wing from late April to early August.

The larvae feed various herbaceous plants.^[2]

• Spilosoma vagans vagans
• Spilosoma vagans kasloa (Dyar, 1904)^[3]

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma vagans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45505. 
• Spilosoma vagans at BOLD
• Spilosoma vagans at EOL
• Spilosoma vagans at BHL

Wikidata ☰ Q13523946 entry

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