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Spilosoma dubia (Dubious Tiger Moth)

Synonyms: Spilosoma prima

Wikipedia Abstract

Spilosoma dubia, the dubious tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found from south-eastern Canada west to Alberta and in the eastern United States. The habitat consists of aspen parkland and southern boreal forests. The wingspan is 32–38 mm. The wings are white with black spots on the forewings and black subterminal patches on the hindwings. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-June. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Prunus serotina.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.378 inches (.035 m)

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1Auditory influences on the flight behaviour of moths in a Nearctic site. I. Flight tendency, Scott B. Morrill and James H. Fullard, CAN. J. ZOOL. VOL. 70, 1992, pp. 1097-1101
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0