Spilosoma vestalis, the Vestal tiger-moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found along the coast of western North America, from California north to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington and western Idaho.
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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: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. vestalis
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| Spilosoma vestalis | |
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The length of the forewings is 19–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Alnus rubra and Quercus garryana.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma vestalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Spilosoma vestalis at BOLD
- Spilosoma vestalis at EOL
- Spilosoma vestalis at BHL