OTHER NAMES: Cinnabar
Latin Etymology: Tyria (?) jacobaeae (after the family name of Ragwort - it's foodplant)
Adult Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) at Geddington, Northants - July 2014
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Length: ? / Wingspan: 32-42mm
UK Status: Not Evaluated / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
The Cinnabar Moth is a fairly common but distinctive species found throughout much of UK - wherever ragwort is found. Care should be taken to differentiate it from the similarly coloured but more abundant Six-Spot Burnet, which for a long time when I was younger was told was this species. To differentiate, compare the patterns on the black fore-wings of the two species - the burnet has 6 spots on each, while this has two spots and a long red bar.
Related Species:
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tyria
SUBSPECIES: None - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A common resident species which is seen in Summer
- Seen in Geddington and several other sites
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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