A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/2/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/17/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 216618 - Psn: 20)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 216619 - Psn: 20)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 216620 - Psn: 20)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/10/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 243664 - Psn: 20)

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/28/2016). Verified by Kyhl Austin and Paul Dennehy via BugGuide.

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 212427 - Psn: 45)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 212428 - Psn: 45)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/2/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 439604 - Psn: 45)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/29/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206367 - Psn: 52)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/17/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 186093 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/28/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 203805 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/10/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206370 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/28/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206469 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 216578 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/20/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 300311 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/12/2021). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 377214 - Psn: 55)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/20/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206568 - Psn: 56)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/4/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 208356 - Psn: 56)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/29/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206366 - Psn: 62)

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/27/2015). Verified by Paul Dennehy/BugGuide.

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 203306 - Psn: 65)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/29/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 206368 - Psn: 65)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 212699 - Psn: 65)

Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/27/2024). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1104638 - Psn: 65)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/26/2019). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 766511 - Psn: 66)

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2001). Determined by Paul Dennehy.

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/18/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 381051 - Psn: 200)

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/18/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 381054 - Psn: 200)

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A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/2/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/17/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.

A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/28/2016). Verified by Kyhl Austin and Paul Dennehy via BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Barbara Speckart.

A Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/27/2015). Verified by Paul Dennehy/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Lynn Strauss.

Carlotta's Tiger Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by spyingnaturalist via iNaturalist.

A Carlotta's Tiger Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2001). Determined by Paul Dennehy. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

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Carlotta's tiger moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. carlotta
Binomial name
*Apantesis carlotta* Ferguson, 1985^[1]^[2]

Apantesis carlotta, or Carlotta's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1985. It is found in the US from Maine to Georgia, west to North Dakota and Texas.^[3]

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in).^{[citation needed]}

The larvae have been reared on Lactuca species.^{[citation needed]}

References

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^ Savela, Markku. "Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "930281.00 – 8171.1 – Apantesis carlotta – Carlotta's Tiger Moth – Ferguson, 1985". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Species Apantesis carlotta - Carlotta's Tiger Moth - Hodges#8171.1". BugGuide. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

Taxon identifiers
Apantesis carlotta	Wikidata: Q4779104 Wikispecies: Apantesis carlotta BAMONA: Apantesis-carlotta BOLD: 10425 BugGuide: 34313 EoL: 47366457 GBIF: 1804971 iNaturalist: 196740 IRMNG: 10963921 ITIS: 937869 LepIndex: 40949 MONA: 8171.1 NatureServe: 2.119888 NCBI: 2135820 Open Tree of Life: 3179337

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Carlotta's Tiger Moth

Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985

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