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Cream-spot tiger moth - Arctia villica This species is identified as Epicallia villica. I see it has been introduced here 3 years ago, and the Wiki page still shows that the accepted name is Epicallia villica, although the Family is wrongly shown as Erebidae.. But now in ITIS - Catalogue of life 2015 - the accepted scientific name is Arctia villica. Maybe it is better to change here the scientific name to Arctia villica.<br />
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Cream-spot tiger moth - Arctia villica

This species is identified as Epicallia villica. I see it has been introduced here 3 years ago, and the Wiki page still shows that the accepted name is Epicallia villica, although the Family is wrongly shown as Erebidae.. But now in ITIS - Catalogue of life 2015 - the accepted scientific name is Arctia villica. Maybe it is better to change here the scientific name to Arctia villica.

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  1. Changed the scientific name, thanks for the hint. Posted 8 years ago

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The Cream-spot Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. The species is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula across western and southern Europe, Anatolia, western and northern Iran, West Siberia, Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Apr 25, 2017. Captured Apr 23, 2017 11:21 in Epar.Od. Chrisoupolis-Keramotis, Keramoti 640 11, Greece.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/320s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm