Fire grid burnet

The fire grid burnet (Arniocera erythropyga) is a day-flying moth of the family Thyrididae^{[citation needed]} found in Zimbabwe and Malawi to Mozambique and South Africa.

Fire grid burnet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Thyrididae
Genus:	Arniocera
Species:	A. erythropyga
Binomial name
Arniocera erythropyga Wallengren, 1860

This moth looks different from other burnets, mainly because of its colours. The common name of this moth refers to its fore wing pattern of black-edged, red bands on a metallic blue-green ground colour. The hind wing is pinkish red with a broad, marginal band of black. Males have hairs covering their head.

References

• David Carter. Eyewitness Handbooks on Butterflies and Moths 1995.
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Arniocera erythropyga​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.