Ruby tiger moth

Description: The brightly coloured underwings warn predators that this moth is distasteful to eat, though in northern England the wings may be entirely grey. This specimen was collected by C. W. Holcroft August 1963 using a mercury vapour light.
Accession Loan No.: 53/1976/64
Collection Class: Arthropods
Common Name: ruby tiger moth
Simple Name: insect: moth
Full Name: LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE: Phragmatobia fuliginosa: ruby tiger
Dimensions: width 20 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: Phragmatobia
Species: fuliginosa

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