milkweed tiger moth

milkweed tiger moth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Euchaetes egle


Taxonomy

Order:

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

 

Suborder:

Glossata

 

Infraorder:

Neolepidoptera

 

Parvorder:

Heteroneura

 

No Rank:

Ditrysia

 

No Rank:

Obtectomera

 

Superfamily:

Noctuoidea (noctuid moths)

 

Family:

Arctiidae (tiger moths and lichen moths)

 

Subfamily:

Arctiinae (tiger moths)

 

Tribe:

Arctiini

 

Subtribe:

Phaegopterina


Status

 

Flight/Season

Two flights, May to September. Caterpillars found starting in June.

Habitat

Fields, edges.

Size

 


Identification

 


Larval Food

Milkweed (Asclepias)

 
Adult Food

 


Life Cycle

 


Similar
Species

Spotted tussock moth


Range Range Map   Sources: 7, 21.
 
Sightings Lakeville, MN  

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Synonyms

 

 
Common
Names

milkweed caterpillar

milkweed moth

milkweed tiger moth

milkweed tussock moth


 

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