California Tiger Moth

Leptarctia californiae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Leptarctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Stretch in 1872. Its only species, Leptarctia californiae, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in western North America, from New Mexico and Colorado to California and north to British Columbia.

Distribution

California Tiger Moth — (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by avocat · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 423Canada · 120

Sources and credits

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California Tiger Moth

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