Correbia lycoides, the tiger bug mimic, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Panama,[1] the amazon biome from Guyana to southern Brazil and Peru[2] and on Cuba and Jamaica.[3]
| Tiger bug mimic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Correbia |
| Species: | C. lycoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Correbia lycoides (Walker, 1854)
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Adults mimic certain wasps and heteropteran bugs. They are active during the day, but also fly at night.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Correbia lycoides (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ Moths of the Amazon and Andes
- ^ Moths of Jamaica