Help identifying a moth...

[Neil Reimer]

tmeunier at ix.netcom.com wrote in article
<7f617b$ipu$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> I just found this stunningly beautiful moth in my lawn, in Austin, Texas.
> I'm wondering what it is.   The body is about 1.5" long, white with black
> spots on the bottom, like a dalmation, except the spots are in 5 parallel
> rows along the length of its bodies.   The center row is the thickest,
and
> [snip]
> Does anyone have any idea what this thing could be?
> 
Sounds like an Arctiidae (tiger moth) to me.  However, I am not familiar
with the Texas fauna so couldn't tell you the species.