Apantesis

Apantesis
Apantesis phalerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Arctiina
Genus:	Apantesis Walker, 1855

Apantesis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in North and Central America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [ excessive citations ]}

As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia have been merged with Apantesis, and their species are now members of the genus Apantesis. ^{[6] [7]}

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[3]

• Apantesis allectans Ferguson, 1985
• Apantesis anna (Grote, 1863)– Anna tiger moth
• Apantesis arge (Drury, 1773)– arge moth
• Apantesis arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874])
• Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)
• Apantesis blakei (Grote, 1864)
• Apantesis bolanderi (Stretch, 1872)
• Apantesis bowmani (Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007)
• Apantesis brillians Schmidt, 2009
• Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985– Carlotta's tiger moth
• Apantesis cervinoides (Strecker, 1876)
• Apantesis complicata (Walker, [1865])
• Apantesis doris (Boisduval, 1869)– Doris tiger moth
• Apantesis edwardsii (Stretch, 1872)
• Apantesis elongata (Stretch, 1885)
• Apantesis eureka Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007
• Apantesis f-pallida (Strecker, 1878)
• Apantesis favorita (Neumögen, 1890)
• Apantesis fergusoni Schmidt, 2009
• Apantesis figurata (Drury, 1773)– figured tiger moth
• Apantesis franconia (H. Edwards, 1888)
• Apantesis hewletti (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
• Apantesis incorrupta (H. Edwards, 1881)
• Apantesis margo Schmidt, 2009
• Apantesis nais (Drury, 1773)– Nais tiger moth
• Apantesis nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866)– Nevada tiger moth
• Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
• Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)
• Apantesis parthenice (W. Kirby, 1837)– parthenice tiger moth
• Apantesis phalerata (Harris, 1841)– harnessed tiger moth
• Apantesis philipiana Ferguson, 1985
• Apantesis phyllira (Drury, 1773)– phyllira tiger moth
• Apantesis placentia (J.E. Smith, 1797)– placentia tiger moth
• Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])– Mexican tiger moth
• Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
• Apantesis speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
• Apantesis ursina Schmidt, 2009
• Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)– virgin tiger moth
• Apantesis virguncula (W. Kirby, 1837)– little virgin tiger moth
• Apantesis vittata (Fabricius, 1787)– banded tiger moth
• Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871)– Williams' tiger moth
• Apantesis yavapai Schmidt, 2009
• Apantesis yukona Schmidt, 2009

Apantesis arge , larva

References

1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 14, 2020.
3. "North American Moth Photographers Group" . Retrieved 2021-09-23.
4. "Apantesis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
5. "Apantesis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
6. 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 .
7. 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.