Grammia ornata

Grammia ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Grammia
Species:	G. ornata
Binomial name
Grammia ornata (Packard, 1864)
Synonyms
Callarctia ornata Packard, 1864 Apantesis ornata Apantesis ornata ab. ochracea Stretch, 1872 Arctia simplicior Butler, 1881 Arctia achaia var. barda Hy. Edwards, 1881 Euprepia (Cymbalophora) blakei var. perpicta Dyar, 1893 Arctia achaia var. maculosa Stretch, 1906 Arctia achaia var. rivulosa Stretch, 1906 Arctia achaia var. ochracea-rivulosa Stretch, 1906 Apantesis californica Cassino, 1917 Apantesis ornata ab. sulphuricella Strand, 1919

Grammia ornata, the Ornate Tiger Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from southern British Columbia through the Pacific Northwest to southern California, northern Utah, and western Wyoming and Montana. It is found in a wide range of habitats, including open woodland.

The length of the forewings is 18.6 mm. The ground colour of the forwewings is black with pale yellowish or pinkish buff band. The hindwings are pale to bright yellow, orange or scarlet with black markings. Adults are on wing from mid May to late June. Although records from August and September may indicate a partial second generation.^[1]

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.^[2] The larvae are covered with long black hairs dorsally and laterally and with red hairs ventrally. It has a yellow-orange middorsal line.

References

1. 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
2. Bug Guide

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog