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Agape chloropyga, commonly known as the Yellow Tiger Moth, found on the eastern region of Australia, including Borneo, Papua New Guinea up to Malaysia.2

Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga), Goodna QLD © Marc Newman
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Noctuoidea
  • Family: Erebidae
  • Subfamily: Aganainae
  • Genus: Agape
  • Species: Agape chloropyga

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Yellow Tiger Moth (Agape chloropyga) © Marc Newman
  2. Agape chloropyga (Walker, 1854), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Agape chloropyga

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