( Grammia ornata )
(Packard, 1864)
LOCATION DETAILS
RECOGNITION
BIOLOGY
HABITAT
CREDITS
Eddie Dunbar
REFERENCES
| Ornate Tiger Moth ( Grammia ornata ) | |
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| IDENTIFICATION | |
| Identification: | Grammia ornata (Packard, 1864) |
| Common Name: | Ornate Tiger Moth |
| Life Stage: | A |
| PHYLOGENY | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Genus: | Grammia |
| Taxon Code: | LEP00187 |
| ITIS TSN#: | 938906 |
LOCATION DETAILS | |
| Location | |
| BSA Camp Royaneh, BSA Camp Royaneh, 4600 Scanlon Rd., Cazadero | |
| County: | Sonoma County |
| ECI Site#: | CA49064901 |
RECOGNITION | |
| Adult: FW appear black, typically with a net-like pattern of extensive yellowish or rosy off-white transverse lines and thinner pale veins. HW color is variable from yellow-orange, orange, to orange-red, rarely entirely black. HW is heavily marked with black, including the basal wing, multiple spots, and an irregular marginal band. These are often fused to each other, especially near the wing margin. Larva: Larva is covered with long black hairs dorsally and laterally, but has red hairs ventrally, and has a yellow-orange middorsal line. | |
| Wingspan | |
| 16-20 mm. | |
BIOLOGY | |
| Food | |
| Caterpillars: various herbaceous plants. | |
| Habitat | |
| Fields and roadsides. | |
| Range | |
| Great Basin to Pacific Coast. | |
HABITAT | |
| Fields and roadsides. | |
CREDITS | |
| Photographer Eddie Dunbar | |
REFERENCES | |
