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Erebidae : Arctiinae

Scarlet Tiger

CALLIMORPHA dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description
Wingspan: 52-58mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe-Southern England to Southern Scandinavia and Finland to Italy and the Balkans,France and Iberian peninsula : Caucasus : Transcaucasus : Asia Minor Armenia : Iraq : Iran
UK Distribution: Resident. England-South and South-west-Well distributed : England-East-Locally scarce : Wales-South and West-Well distributed : Channel Isles-Several recorded in Jersey-residence unknown.
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type Species - Callimorpha
  • Phalaena dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type Locality -
  • Europe
Flight Period: June-July-Univoltine : normal height of season-third week July
Habitat: Coastal Habitats-undercliffs etc : Fens : Marshes : Gardens : Woodland : River Banks : Damp Meadows
Type Locality: Europe
Similar Species -
  • Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica Oberthur, 1911
Larva: August-May-Feeds in sunshine during the day-larva polyphagous,feeding on numerous plant genera. The black final instar larva has three yellow and white lateral lines made up of a series of patches joined to form the lines.
Pupa: Pupa-May to June
Overwinters as: Early stage larva
Observations: The Scarlet Tiger is unmistakeable with its iridescent blue,black,green forewings with patches of white and yellow and hindwings a bright scarlet with patches of black.
Rarely forms are found with yellow hindwings, C.d.f.rossica and in C.d.f.bimacula the hindwing is extensively black.

Moth often flies in sunshine during late afternoon and early evening as well as flying at night.

They are nectar feeders and can often be found feeding on Scabious,Knapweed and Red Valerian and Ragwort.

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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Callimorphina
CALLIMORPHA Latreille, 1809
Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phalaena dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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= Panaxia dominula
PHALAENA dominula (Linnaeus, 1758)
= domina Hübner, 1803
= insubrica Wackerzapp, 1890
= lusitanica Staudinger, 1894
= rhodanica Kettlewell, 1943
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.509 - n.68
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Europe
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C.d.f.hamelensis Pflümer, 1879-Spots on forewing white
C.d.f.fasciata Spuler, 1910-Spots merge two by two to describe cross-lines
C.d.f.lusitanica Staudinger, 1894-Forewing background yellow
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C. d. dominula Linnaeus, 1758- Baltic : Belarus : Ukraine : Moldova : Western Russia and Central Europe
C. d. lusitanica Staudinger, 1894-Portugal
C. d. pompalis Nitsche, 1926-South Alps valleys-Forewing spots reduced,hindwing suffused black from margin,has salmon tinge
C. d. persona Hübner, 1790-Italy south of the Alps, excluding Piedmont and southern Alpine valleys-Forewing spots reduced,hindwing background -salmon pink to light yellow,suffused with black
C. d. trinacriae Nardelli & Giandolfo, 1996-Sicily
C. d. profuga Goeze, 1781-Balkans: Macedonia Scopje : Albania :  Greece : West Turkey
C. d.rossica Kolenati, 1846-Caucasus : Transcaucasia, except Talysh Mountains : North-Western Iran
C. d. philippsi Bartel, 1906-Talysh Mountains : North Iran : Southern Turkmenistan
C. d. kurdistanica Thomas, 1983-South-East Turkey, possibly Iraq
C.d. bithynica Staudinger, 1871-Balkans & Turkey-Forewing greenish lustre highly accentuated