Arctia villica

Arctia villica, the cream-spot tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

[1] This species, along with the others of the genus Epicallia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.

[3] They have black or greyish forewings with white and cream broad patches and spots.

The highly coloured parts are bright scarlet on a newly emerged insect and tend to dull to orange with age.

The caterpillars are black with light brown tufts of hairs, while the head and the legs are reddish.