Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841) is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)

Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)

Ardices glatignyi, the black and white tiger moth, is an Australian moth in Erebidae first described in 1841 with polyphagous larvae.

Family
Genus
Ardices
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)

Ardices glatignyi, commonly known as the black and white tiger moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Erebidae, found in Australia. This species was first formally described by Le Guillou in 1841. It was formerly classified within the genus Spilosoma, but in 2005, Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov confirmed that Ardices is a valid, distinct genus. The larvae of this species are polyphagous, and have been recorded feeding on Lantana camara, Acanthus mollis, and Tradescantia albiflora.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Ardices

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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