Species

Spilosoma vestalis (Vestal tiger moth)

Spilosoma vestalis. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Spilosoma vestalis, the Vestal tiger-moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found along the coast of western North America, from California north to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington and western Idaho. The habitat consists of wet forests, moist forests, coastal rainforests, low elevation mixed hardwood forests and high elevation mixed conifer forests.

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