Red Costate Tiger moth (Aloa lactinea) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

40mm long. Wings pure white with some black dots spread simetrically. Border intense red, rounding the head. White leggs, black feet.

Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Aloa
Species: A. lactinea
Binomial name
Aloa laetata

Habitat:

Tropical forest; close to the seaside (South Sea Of China).

Notes:

Synonyms:

Phalaena lactinea Cramer, 1777
Bombyx sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793
Aloa marginata Moore, 1883
Rhodogastria frederici Kirby, 1892
Aloa sanguinolenta Moore, 1882
Amsacta lactinea Hampson, 1901
Creatonotus negritus Hampson, 1894

Reference Links:

Aloa lactinea

Species ID Suggestions

Red Costate Tiger Moth

Aloa lactinea

NuwanChathuranga

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We have this moth on Siargao island .The body is a beautiful red. The caterpillar is like a "woolly bear" ; brown and black. charlie

Thanks for the id, NuwanChathuranga!

Thanks, Gerardo. "Aizpuru"... Could be we were neighbors? (I was born in Bilbao)

Gerardo Aizpuru

Great spot !

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