Tigrioides puncticollis

Tigrioides puncticollis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found on Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok.[1] The habitat consists of lower montane forests and lowland forests.

Tigrioides puncticollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Tigrioides
Species:
T. puncticollis
Binomial name
Tigrioides puncticollis
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Lithosia puncticollis Butler, 1877

The ground colour of the forewings is straw with blackish patches on the dorsum.

The larvae feed on mosses. They are short, dark and very hairy.[2]

References

  1. Tigrioides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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