The Brown Tiger looks more like a Phragmatobia than a Spilosoma in size and markings; however, there is no red colouration characteristic of Phragmatobia species.

This species has a fairly limited distribution, occurring from southwestern Manitoba west to southern B.C., south to northern California. There is only one record for Manitoba, and there are currently no known Saskatchewan records.

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Found in moist meadows of the boreal forest.

Several specimens in the Northern Forestry Centre collection were collected from and reared on fireweed.

June.

The extreme rarity of this species may indicate that it is a habitat specialist, possibly associated with peatlands and fens.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1

Rare.

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Comments: Following Lafontaine and Schmidt (2010), the traditional Arctiidae have been transferred to the family Erebidae as a subfamily (Arctiinae), with former subfamilies such as Lithosiinae now treated as tribes. The circumscription of Arctiinae remains virtually identical to recent circumscriptions of Arctiidae, but circumscriptions of some taxa within the Arctiinae have changed.