Spilarctia lutea (Buff Ermine)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Macro-heterocera» (Macro-moths)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilarctia
Species: Spilarctia lutea (Buff Ermine)
Norwegian name: Gul tigerspinner
Host plants: Birch (Betula), Dandelion (Taraxacum), Elder (Sambucus nigra), Humulus lupulus, Lonicera, Plantago, Prunus, Rubus, Rumex, Sambucus, Urtica, Willows, Sallows and Osiers (Salix)