Isabella tiger moth | |
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Adult | |
Woolly bear caterpillar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Pyrrharctia |
Species: | P. isabella
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Binomial name | |
Pyrrharctia isabella (J. E. Smith, 1797)
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Synonyms | |
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Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and southern Canada.[1][2] It was first formally named by James Edward Smith in 1797.