Apantesis virguncula

Little virgin tiger moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. virguncula
Binomial name
Apantesis virguncula
(W. Kirby, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Grammia virguncula (Kirby, 1837)
  • Callimorpha virguncula Kirby, 1837
  • Euprepia virguncula var. otiosa Neumögen & Dyar, 1893

Apantesis virguncula, the little virgin tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

The length of the forewings is 13.9–20.5 mm. Adults are generally on wing from mid June to late July, although there are records from late May to late August.[1]

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, particularly species of the family Asteraceae.[2] Records include dandelion, knotweed and plantain.[3]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Schmidt, B.C. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x
  2. ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
  3. ^ Bug Guide
  4. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
  5. ^ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.


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