| Moths of North Dakota |
Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini |
Spilosoma congrua Walker 1855
| Common name: listed here as 'Yellow-legged tiger moth'/ Agreeable tiger moth.
Hodges #: 8134. Identification: Rfw 15 mm, fw pure white or marked with transverse spot rows; antennal shaft white, inner face of pro-femora yellow-orange, hind tibiae with both pre-apical and apical pair of spurs, abdomen white. Similar species: 8144, 8140, 8137, 8136, 8133, 8111, 6798. Distribution: southwestern U.S. north to southern Canada, east to Atlantic. Hosts: larvae are general feeders on herbaceous plants including Taraxicum-- dandelion, Plantago-- plantain, and Amaranthus-- pigweeds. |
MN, Polk Co., Agassiz Dunes SNA, T147N R44W, Sec. 19. Hg/UV light, 11- VI- 1998, coll. G. Fauske.
MN, Beltrami Co., Webster Lake camp ground, 27- V- 2002, pic. G. Fauske. |
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Ventral view of S. congrua (left) and S. latipennis (right).
