Agreeable tiger moth

Taxobox
name = Agreeable tiger moth


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Arctiidae
genus = "Spilosoma"
species = "S. congrua"
binomial = "Spilosoma congrua"
binomial_authority = Walker, 1855The curiously-named agreeable tiger moth, "Spilosoma congrua" is one of three species of white tiger moth which are common in the US. It has pronounced black eyes, white abdomen, and orange "bib" which set it apart from its cousin the virginia tiger moth. Like its cousins, it tents its wings when at rest.

References

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*cite book |author=Amelia Hansen; Eastman, John |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=The book of field and roadside: open-country weeds, trees, and wildflowers of eastern North America |edition= |language= |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |year=2003 |origyear= |pages= p125|quote= |isbn=0-8117-2625-8 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=B9Hlyh-pwKYC&pg=PA125&vq=%22Spilosoma+congrua%22&dq=%22Spilosoma+congrua%22&lr=&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3v6_IB4FuJk47fiIUy-oDIICXohQ|accessdate=