Cinnabar moth (4/4)
The cinnabar moth is an attractive day flying moth introduced in 1929 as a biocontrol agent for ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) which can be a serious agricultural weed.
- Scientific name
- Tyria jacobaeae
- Common names
- cinnabar moth
- Location
- Ahimanawa Range, New Zealand
- Photo ID
- 1938
- Tags
- biocontrol, Erebidae, Lepidoptera, moth, Tyria, Tyria jacobaeae
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