Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Macro-heterocera» (Macro-moths)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

Other names: stor bjørnespinner

Norwegian name: Brun bjørnespinner

Host plants: Achillea, Alder (Alnus), Allium, Apple (Malus), Aspen and Poplar (Populus), Birch (Betula), Calystegia, Cynoglossum, Dandelion (Taraxacum), Filipendula, Filipendula ulmaria, Fragaria, Hawthorn (Crataegus), Lamium, Plantago, Prunus, Rheum, Ribes, Rubus, Sedum, Sorbus, Spiraea, Stachys, Trifolium, Urtica, Vaccinium, Water Avens (Geum rivale), Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathum), Willows, Sallows and Osiers (Salix), Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)