The garden tiger moth has a wingspan of 45 to 65 millimeters (1.8 to 2.6 in). The design of the wings variesvary; the front wings are brown with a white pattern (which is sometimes missing), the back wings are orange with a pattern of black dots. There are many aberrations (pattern and colour variants), partly obtained artificially and partly by chance. [[Charles Oberthur|Oberthür]], a French entomologist, mentions about 500 different variants shown in 36 figures. [[Adalbert Seitz|Seitz]] gives an account of some named aberrations.<sup>[[Garden tiger moth#cite note-3|[3]]]</sup><gallery>