Species
Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella tiger moth)
Pyrrharctia isabella. Photo: (c) seth_stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Pyrrharctia isabella, the isabella tiger moth or woollybear, occurs in the United States and southern Canada. It was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Family: Erebidae (Underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
- Subfamily: Arctiinae (Tiger moths and allies)
- Tribe: Arctiini (Tiger moths)
- Subtribe: Spilosomina
- Genus: Pyrrharctia
- Species: Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella tiger moth)
- Genus: Pyrrharctia
- Subtribe: Spilosomina
- Tribe: Arctiini (Tiger moths)
- Subfamily: Arctiinae (Tiger moths and allies)
- Family: Erebidae (Underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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