Tigrioides puncticollis
Tigrioides puncticollis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found on Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok.[1] The habitat consists of lower montane forests and lowland forests.
| Tigrioides puncticollis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Tigrioides |
| Species: | T. puncticollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tigrioides puncticollis (Butler, 1877) | |
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The ground colour of the forewings is straw with blackish patches on the dorsum.
The larvae feed on mosses. They are short, dark and very hairy.[2]
References
- Tigrioides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- The Moths of Borneo
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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