Ardices glatignyi

Ardices glatignyi, the black and white tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found in Australia. The species was first described by Le Guillou in 1841. Formerly included in Spilosoma, but later generic status of Ardices was proved by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov (2005). The larvae are polyphagous, and are known to feed on Lantana camara, Acanthus mollis, and Tradescantia albiflora.[2]

Black and white tiger moth
Adult moth
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ardices
Species:
A. glatignyi
Binomial name
Ardices glatignyi
(Le Guillemot)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia glatignyi Le Guillou, 1841
  • Spilosoma glatignyi[1]
  • Spilarctia glatignyi
  • Chelonia pallida Doubleday, 1845
  • Arcides fulvohirta Walker, 1855
  • Spilosoma subocellatum Walker, 1856
  • Spilosoma conferta Walker, 1865
  • Arcides garida Swinhoe, 1892
  • Diacrisia garida
  • Spilosoma queenslandi Lucas, 1898
  • Diacrisia meridionalis Rothschild, 1910
  • Arcides suffusa Rothschild, 1914
  • Maenas fremantlei Strand, 1924
Eggs
Profile of the caterpillar
Mating

References
  • Dubatolov, V.V. (2005). "On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 36 (1/2): 173-179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).
  1. "Spilosoma glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. H. A. Rose (1985). "The relationship between feeding specialization and host plants to aldrin epoxidase activities of midgut homogenates in larval Lepidoptera". Ecological Entomology. 10 (4): 455–467. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1985.tb00744.x.


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