Species Details

ABH: 72.029

BF: 2068

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Callimorpha dominula

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Scarlet Tiger

Account: Local on river-banks, and in fens, marshes and damp meadows throughout south-western England and south Wales Day-flying, but fairly frequent at over-night light traps. Usually, the bright red underwing precludes confusion with other tiger moths, however it occasionally has a yellow underwing, when it superficially resembles Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica, but Cream-spot Tiger has a large white basal patch and is a more slender moth. Larva feeds on Common Comfrey, Hemp-agrimony, Stinging Nettle, Bramble, Honeysuckle and Meadowsweet.

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: 52 — 58 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (2025) — 19 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak), Symphytum sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/callimorpha-dominula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1952

Latest Year: 2025

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