Tigrioides puncticollis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found on Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok.[1] The habitat consists of lower montane forests and lowland forests.
| Tigrioides puncticollis | |
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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: | Tigrioides |
| Species: | T. puncticollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tigrioides puncticollis (Butler, 1877)
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The larvae feed on mosses. They are short, dark and very hairy.[2]
References
edit- ^ Tigrioides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum