Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species: Garden Tiger (Arctia caja)

Other names: stor bjørnespinner

Norwegian name: Brun bjørnespinner

Host plants: Achillea, Achillea millefolium, Allium, Alnus (Alder), Betula (Birch), Filipendula, Filipendula ulmaria, Fragaria, Geum rivale (Water Avens), Lamium, Malus (Apple), Plantago, Populus (Aspen and Poplar), Prunus, Ribes, Rubus, Rumex hydrolapathum (Water Dock), Salix (Willows, Sallows and Osiers), Sedum, Sorbus, Stachys, Taraxacum (Dandelion), Trifolium, Urtica, Vaccinium

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info