Jersey tiger moth
- Description
- The brightly coloured underwings of the Jersey tiger warn predators that it is distasteful to eat. Found in Devon and the Channel Islands. This specimen was collected by C. W. Holcroft in August 1958.
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/1976/24
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Common Name
- Jersey tiger moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
- Full Name
- Euplagia quadripunctaria (Poda): Jersey tiger
- Dimensions
- width 40 mm
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Holcroft, Mr C W
- Collection Parish
- Bishopsteignton
- Collection Town
- Newton Abbot
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- ARTHROPODA
- Family
- ARCTIIDAE
- Genus
- Euplagia
- Species
- quadripunctaria
