Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp
Known as the Black and White Tiger Moth, Ardices glatignyi is a moth in the family Erebidae with observations mainly in the southern parts of 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).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Arctiinae
- Tribe: Arctiini
- Genus: Ardices
- Species: Ardices glatignyi
Footnote & References
- Ardices glatignyi, Photographs © Jean & Fred Hort
- Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/434b84c2-25ab-4bf9-98f8-06cf29d4ba50
- Black-and-white Tiger Moth (Ardices glatignyi), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1362710-Ardices-glatignyi
- Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841), Black and White Tiger Moth, Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths, https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/glatignyi.html
Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp
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