Parasemia plantaginis

Parasemia plantaginis
Parasemia plantaginis
Male
Mounted
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Parasemia
Species: P. plantaginis
Binomial name
Parasemia plantaginis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Wood Tiger (Parasemia plantaginis) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. One subspecies is endemic to North America.

Caterpillar
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The wingspan is 32–38 mm. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Plantago, Hawkbit, Hawkweed and other low-growing plants.

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