| Moths of North Dakota |
Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini |
Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius 1798)
| Common name: Virginian tiger moth/
Yellow woolly bear.
Hodges #: 8137. Identification: Rfw 18.4 mm, fw white usually marked with dark discal spot, hw usually with spots near anal angle; antennal shaft white, pro-femora yellow-orange and black, meta-tibiae with both pre-apical and apical pair of spurs, abdomen marked with orange laterally and black dots dorsally. Similar species: 8230, 8144, 8140, 8136, 8134, 8133, 8132, 8131, 8111. Distribution: southern Canada and U.S. southward to central Mexico. Hosts: larvae are general feeders on a wide variety of herbaceous plants including Taraxicum-- dandelion, Helianthus-- sunflower, Plantago-- plantain, Brassica-- mustards, Zea mays-- corn, also woody plants including Acer-- maple, Prunus-- plum, cherry, Salix-- willows.
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ND, Cass Co., Fargo, fluorescent light, 20- VI- 2002, coll. G. Fauske.
ND, Richland Co., Sheyenne Natl. grasslands. pic. Loren Oslie.
MN, Hubbard Co., pic. John Weber.
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Moth county records
Ventral view showing orange coxae and femora and plate-like tibial 'claws.'
