Spilosoma lutea (Buff Ermine)
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Spilosoma lutea (Buff Ermine)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
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: Spilosoma
Species: Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea)
Norwegian name: Gul tigerspinner
Host plants: Betula (Birch), Lonicera, Plantago, Prunus, Rubus, Rumex, Salix (Willows, Sallows and Osiers), Sambucus, Sambucus nigra (Elder), Taraxacum (Dandelion), Urtica
Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info