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The scarlet tiger moth (''Callimorpha dominula'', formerly ''Panaxia dominula'') is a colorful moth of Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasus, northern Iran. It belongs to the tiger moth family, Arctiidae. The caterpillars feed mostly on comfrey (''Symphytum officinale''). The imagines fly by day. It can occur in rare colour forms, one with yellow hindwings and body and one with extended black on hindwings. The three morphs occurring in the population at the Cothill reserve in Oxfordshire, Britain, have been the subject of considerable genetic study (McNamara 1998), including research by E.B. Ford, R.A. Fisher and Denis Owen. McNamara (1998) describes how amateurs can rear this species. ==Subspecies== * ''Callimorpha dominula dominula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Western Russia and Central Europe) * ''Callimorpha dominula lusitanica'' Staudinger, 1894 (Portugal) * ''Callimorpha dominula pompalis'' Nitsche, () (South Alps valleys) * ''Callimorpha dominula persona'' (Hübner, 1790) (Italy south of the Alps, excluding Piedmont and southern Alpine valleys ) * ''Callimorpha dominula trinacriae'' Nardelli & Giandolfo, 1996 (Sicily) * ''Callimorpha dominula profuga'' (Goeze, 1781) (Balkans: Macedonia (Scopje); Albania; Greece; West Turkey) * ''Callimorpha dominula rossica'' Kolenati, 1846 (Caucasus, Transcaucasia, except Talysh Mountains; North-Western Iran) * ''Callimorpha dominula philippsi'' Bartel, 1906 (Talysh Mountains, North Iran, Southern Turkmenistan) * ''Callimorpha dominula kurdistanica'' Thomas, 1983 (South-East Turkey, possibly Iraq) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scarlet tiger moth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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