Cinnabar moth
Cinnabar moths are mostly nocturnal. Their larvae feed on ragwort. This specimen was collected in May 1963 by C. W. Holcroft using a mercury vapour lamp.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/1976/8
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Holcroft, Mr C W
- Common Name
- cinnabar moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
