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Giant Leopard Moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Suborder:Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Arctiidae
Subfamily:Arctiinae
Tribe:Arctiini
Genus:Hypercompe
Species:H. scribonia
Binomial name
Hypercompe scribonia
(Stoll, 1790)
Subspecies
  • H. s. scribonia (Stoll, 1790)
  • H. s. denudata (Slosson, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx chryseis
    Olivier, 1790
  • Phalaena scribonia
    Stoll, 1790
  • Phalaena oculatissima
    J.E. Smith, 1797 (unjustified emendation)
  • Bombyx cunegunda
    Palisot de Beauvois, 1824
  • Ecpantheria confluens
    Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria denudata
    Slosson, 1888
  • Ecpantheria scribonia
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Closeup of head and thorax
The Giant Leopard Moth or Eyed Tiger Moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is distributed throughout the Southern and Eastern United States from New England to Mexico. The obsolete name Ecpantheria scribonia is still occasionally encountered.

This species has a wingspan of 3 inches (nearly 8 cm). The wings of this moth are bright white with a pattern of neat black blotches, some solid and some hollow. The abdomen is dark blue with orange markings, the male has a narrow yellow line on the sides. Its legs have black and white bands. Adult moths are rather strictly nocturnal and do not generally fly before nightfall (Fullard & Napoleone 2001).

The caterpillar is of the "Woolly Bear" kind, with a thick coat of black bristles (setae) and red bands between its segments which become conspicuous when caterpillar rolls into a ball for defense. It should not be touched, as its setae may break off and cause a rash.

Recorded food plants

The caterpillar eats a variety of broad-leaf plants such as broadleaf plantains, dandelions and violets:

References

  • Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. Animal Behaviour 62(2): 349–368. doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1753 PDF fulltext

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Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829

Subphyla and Classes
  • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
  • Trilobita - trilobites (extinct)
  • Subphylum Chelicerata

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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders
Subclass Apterygota
* Archaeognatha (bristletails)
* Thysanura (silverfish)
Subclass Pterygota
* Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda
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Macrolepidoptera

Superfamilies

see text

Macrolepidoptera is a group within the insect order Lepidoptera. Traditionally used for the larger butterflies and moths as opposed to the "Microlepidoptera", this group is unnatural.
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Noctuoidea

Diversity
over 70,000 species

Families
  • Oenosandridae
  • Notodontidae
  • Noctuidae
  • Pantheidae
  • Lymantriidae
  • Nolidae
  • Arctiidae
  • Ctenuchidae


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Arctiidae
Leach, 1815

Diversity
? genera
Approximately 11,000 species

Type species
Arctia caja
Linnaeus, 1758

Subfamilies [1]

Arctiinae
Ctenuchinae
Lithosiinae
Pericopinae

Arctiidae
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Arctiinae

Tribes

Arctiini
Callimorphini
Micrarctiini
Nyctemerini
Phaegopterini
Spilosomini

The Arctiinae are a subfamily of moths.

Systematics

The systematics of the Arctiinae are in need of revision.
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Arctiini

Genera

About 35; see text

The Arctiini are a large tribe of moths in the Arctiinae subfamily. As numerous arctiine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.
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Hypercompe
Hübner, 1819

Synonyms

Ecpantheria Hübner, 1820
Agaposoma C. Felder, 1874
Catenina Burmeister, 1883

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Arctiidae
Leach, 1815

Diversity
? genera
Approximately 11,000 species

Type species
Arctia caja
Linnaeus, 1758

Subfamilies [1]

Arctiinae
Ctenuchinae
Lithosiinae
Pericopinae

Arctiidae
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