Scarlet tiger moth
| Scarlet tiger moth | |
|---|---|
| Dorsal view | |
| Ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Callimorpha |
| Species: | C. dominula |
| Binomial name | |
| Callimorpha dominula | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Panaxia dominula | |
The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.