Paramsacta marginata

Paramsacta marginata, also called Donovan's tiger moth or Donovan's amsacta, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most of Australia, New Guinea, Fergusson Island and the Louisiade Archipelago. The species was first described by Edward Donovan in 1805.^[1][2]

Donovan's tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Paramsacta
Species:	P. marginata
Binomial name
Paramsacta marginata (Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
Phalaena marginata Aloa marginata Areas roseicostis Areas punctipennis Amsacta flaveola Paramsacta pura Amsacta eurymochla

The larvae feed on Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae and Portulacaceae species.