Species Details

ABH: 72.027

BF: 2058

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Arctia villica

=Arctia villica britannica

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Cream-spot Tiger

Account: Local on clifftops, undercliffs, saltmarshes and sand-dunes in southern England and South Wales, predominantly coastal Could be confused with the occasional Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula which has yellow hindwing. Larva feeds on White Dead-nettle, Black Horehound, Common Ragwort and Common Cow-wheat.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 50 — 66 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 May (1888) — 6 Jul (1962)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/arctia-villica/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 58

Individuals: 15

Earliest Year: 1888

Latest Year: 2003

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