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Common Name:
Painted tiger moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Species:
Arachnis picta

Hodges No: 8152

Location:
Hidden Meadows
Escondido, CA
USA
GPS: 33.243911,-117.116685

Date: 11/24/11

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/34586

Arachnis picta Erebidae
Painted tiger moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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