| Tri-coloured tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Rhodogastria |
| Species: | R. amasis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodogastria amasis (Cramer, 1779)
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Rhodogastria amasis, the tri-coloured tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on Acacia, Calodendrum, Cassia, Cestrum, Clerodendrum, Cotyledon, Passiflora caerulea, Rhus, Senecio, and Tagetes species.[2] Though they are heavily armed with irritant urticating hairs they are readily eaten by fiscal flycatchers and Cape robin-chats that scrub off their hairs against the ground and swallow the larvae whole. Some cuckoos eat the larvae too.
References
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Rhodogastria amasis (Cramer, 1779)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rhodogastria Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
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