Grammia phyllira

Grammia phyllira, the phyllira tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Quebec and New England south to Florida and west to Texas, Colorado and Alberta. The habitat consists of dry, open woodland and grassland. The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut.[1]

Phyllira tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Grammia
Species:
G. phyllira
Binomial name
Grammia phyllira
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx phyllira Drury, 1773
  • Geometra b-ata Göze, 1781
  • Arctia oithona Strecker, 1878
  • Apantesis oithona
  • Arctia rectilinea French, 1879
  • Arctia dodgei Butler, 1881
  • Arctia rectilinea var. conspicua Stretch, 1906
  • Arctia favorita var. favoritella Strand, 1919
  • Apantesis phyllira

The forewings are about 17 mm long. The forewings are dark brown to black dorsally with creamy-buff to pinkish-buff bands. The hindwings are pink to orange pink. Adults are on wing from March to October in two or possibly three generations in the southern United States. There are two generations up to New York and southern Ontario with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September. In the prairie provinces and central Ontario, there seems to be only one generation, with adults on wing in mid-July.[2]

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants,[3] including corn, lupine and tobacco.[4]

References
  1. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. Schmidt, B.C. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x
  3. Species page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  4. BugGuide
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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