Scarlet tiger moth

The Scarlet Tiger Moth

Nomenclature

Common Names

The Scarlet Tiger Moth.

Taxonomy

The scientific name for the scarlet tiger moth is Callimorpha dominula. It was first categorised by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the genus Callimorpha and it previously belonged to the genus Panaxia. It belongs to the tiger moth family, Arctiidae.

Ecology

For notes on rearing populations see the essay by Don McNamara (unknown date)

The larvae feed mostly on comfrey Symphytum officionale

The imagos fly by day.

Ecological Genetics

They have been subject to a study at Cothill Oxfordshire, Britain.

References

• Fisher, R.A. and E.B. Ford (1947). The spread of a gene in natural conditions in a colony of the moth Panaxia Dominula L.

Heredity 1:143–174 [1.8MB]

• Fisher, R.A. and E.B. Ford (1950). The "Sewall Wright" effect Heredity 4:117–119 [183KB]

• Ford, E.B. and P.M. Sheppard (1969). The medionigra polymorphism of Panaxia dominula. Heredity 24:112–134.

• McNamara, D. (unknown date) Notes on Rearing Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula (L.) Amateur Entomologist Society Website http://www.amentsoc.org/mcnamara.htm

• Sheppard, P.M. (1951). A quantitive study of two populations of the moth Panaxia dominula (L.) Heredity 5:349–378

• Sheppard, P.M. (1952). A note on non-random mating in the moth Panaxia dominula L. Heredity 5 349–378

• Sheppard, P.M. and L.M. Cook (1962). The manifold effects of the medionigra gene of the moth Panaxia dominula and the maintenance of polymorphism. Heredity 17:415–426.

• Wright, S. (1948). On the roles of directed and random changes in the frequency of genetics of populations Evolution 2:279–294.