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Spilosoma vestalis (Vestal Tiger Moth)

Synonyms: Spilosoma amelaina

Wikipedia Abstract

Spilosoma vestalis, the vestal tiger-moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found along the coast of western North America, from California north to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington and western Idaho. The habitat consists of wet forests, moist forests, coastal rainforests, low elevation mixed hardwood forests and high elevation mixed conifer forests. The length of the forewings is 19–26 mm. The wings are pure white, marked with a few black dots. Adults are on wing from May to June.
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Prey / Diet

Endotropis crocea crocea (redberry buckthorn)[1]
Juglans californica (Southern California walnut)[1]
Marah macrocarpa (Cucamonga manroot)[1]
Marah oregana (coastal manroot)[1]
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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