Arachnis picta

Species of moth

Arachnis picta

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Genus:  | Arachnis
Species:  |

A. picta

Binomial name
Arachnis picta

Packard, 1864

Synonyms

* Arachnis verna Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
* Arachnis picta hampsoni Dyar, 1902

Arachnis picta, the painted tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in the Southwestern United States and the bordering parts of Mexico.[1]

The wingspan is about 50 mm. The moth flies during the summer.

The larvae feed on herbaceous plants, such as Lupinus,[2] radish and Acanthus species.

## Subspecies

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* Arachnis picta picta
* Arachnis picta insularis Clarke, 1941 (California)
* Arachnis picta maia Ottolengui, 1896 (Colorado)
* Arachnis picta meadowsi Comstock, 1942
* Arachnis picta perotensis Schaus, 1889
* Arachnis picta verna Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

## References

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1. ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Painted Tiger Moth Arachnis picta Packard, 1864". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
2. ^ Holland, William (1905). The Moth Book. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. p. 124.

## External links

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Taxon identifiers

Arachnis picta|

* Wikidata: Q3023317
* Wikispecies: Arachnis picta
* BAMONA: Arachnis-picta
* BioLib: 686723
* BOLD: 51516
* BugGuide: 35201
* GBIF: 5116128
* iNaturalist: 68163
* IRMNG: 11023937
* ITIS: 937879
* LepIndex: 41319
* MONA: 8152
* NCBI: 464741
* Open Tree of Life: 967208

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