Fauna Details

Common Name Brown Tricolour Tiger Moth
Family
Date Observed 31-10-2024
Category Insects
Catalogue No. Z6135RG
Breeding/ Spawning Time Spring
When Observed DAYTIME
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve
Small Holding
Village Few
Greater Rooiels

Rhodogastria amasis

Information

Brown Tricolour Tiger Moth

 Source: Wikipedia 
Rhodogastria amasis, the tri-coloured tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Larva
The larvae feed on Acacia, Calodendrum, Cassia, Cestrum, Clerodendrum, Cotyledon, Passiflora caerulea, Rhus, Senecio, and Tagetes species.[2] Though they are heavily armed with irritant urticating hairs they are readily eaten by fiscal flycatchers and Cape robin-chats that scrub off their hairs against the ground and swallow the larvae whole. Some cuckoos eat the larvae too.