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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Halysidota |
| Species: | H. tessellaris
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| Halysidota tessellaris (J. E. Smith, 1797)
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Halysidota tessellaris, also called the pale tiger moth, banded tussock moth, and tessellated halisidota, is in the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. Like many related species, adult moths have chemical defenses acquired from its host plants, in this case, alkaloids.[2][3] Larval behaviors suggest that they are chemically protected; they have not been analyzed for alkaloid content.
- ^ Hodges, R.W (1983). "Halysidota tessellaris - (J.E. Smith, 1797) Banded Tussock Moth". NatureServe. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ Hristov, Nickolay; Conner, William E. (2005). "Effectiveness of tiger moth (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) chemical defenses against an insectivorous bat (Eptesicus fuscus)". Chemoecology. 15 (2): 105–113. doi:10.1007/s00049-005-0301-0. ISSN 0937-7409. S2CID 33676051.
- ^ WELLER, SUSAN J.; JACOBSON, NANCY L.; CONNER, WILLIAM E. (1999). "The evolution of chemical defences and mating systems in tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 68 (4): 557–578. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01188.x. ISSN 0024-4066.