Agreeable tiger moth

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Agreeable tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species: S. congrua
Binomial name
Spilosoma congrua
Walker, 1855

The curiously-named agreeable tiger moth, Spilosoma congrua is one of three species of white tiger moth which are common in the US. It has pronounced black eyes, white abdomen, and orange "bib" which set it apart from its cousin the virginia tiger moth. Like its cousins, it tents its wings when at rest.