Tiger MothTiger Moth
| Swizerland 1954 | Czechoslovakia 1966 | Swizerland 1955 | Romania 1969 |
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| Garden Tiger Moth Arctia caja (Arctiidae) |
Garden Tiger Moth Arctia villica (Arctiidae) |
Garden Tiger Moth Arctia flavia (Arctiidae) |
Tiger Moth Pericallia matronula (Arctiidae) |
| Czechoslovakia 1966 | Afganistan 1971 | Romania 1969 |
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| Scarlet Tiger Moth Callimorpha dominula (Arctiidae) |
Tiger Moth Callimorpha principalis (Arctiidae) |
Tiger Moth Callimorpha quadripunctaria (Arctiidae) |
| Romania 1964 | Madagascar 1960 | Malawi 1970 |
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| Ermine Moth Rhypariodes metelkana (Arctiidae) |
Malgache White Tiger Moth Chionaema pauliani (Arctiidae) |
Tiger Moth Teracotona euprepia (Arctiidae) |
| Mozambique 1953 | Mozambique 1953 | Mozambique 1953 |
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| Thelwall's Tiger Moth Amphicallia thelwalli (Arctiidae) |
Laterite Matron Metarctia lateritia (Arctiidae) |
White Tiger Moth Nyctemera leuconoe (Arctiidae) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory 1976 | Norfolk Island 1977 | Montserrat 1992 | Marshall Islands 2011 |
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| Crimson speckled Moth Utetheisa pulchella (Arctiidae) |
Crimson speckled Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides (Arctiidae) |
Bella Moth Utetheisa bella (Arctiidae) |
Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata (Arctiidae) |
The friend of almost all Tiger Moth does massively and is hairy. The conspicuous color which often combined black, red, yellow, and orange is carried out, and it has become the warning to a foreign enemy. The friend of Ermine Moth is white or a light color, and has a small black spot. Eggs are laid to a eating plant top or the surroundings. Many of larvae of the department of Tiger Moth eat the vegetable matter of the large range. The larva of most kinds works at night. A larva is hairy and many kinds have poison for a potato, etc. because of eating the leaf of the plant containing a poisonous substance.
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