Apantesis obliterata

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Apantesis obliterata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. obliterata
Binomial name
Apantesis obliterata
(Stretch, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Grammia obliterata(Stretch, 1885)
  • Arctia obliterataStretch, 1885
  • Holarctia obliterata
  • Arctia turbansChristoph, 1892
  • Grammia turbans

Apantesis obliterata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in Russia (Khakasia, eastern Sayan, southern Baikal region, Transbaikalia, Middle Amur basin, central Yakutia), Mongolia and North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the North-West Territories). [1] The habitat consists of grasslands.

The length of the forewings is about 16 mm. The forewings are black with off-white veins and transverse lines. The hindwings are orange with large black discal and submarginal spots. Adults are on wing in late summer and early fall.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants. [2]

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. [3] [4]

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Apantesis blakei, or Blake's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found on the North American Great Plains, from the southern prairie provinces of Canada south to US states of Texas and western Colorado. The habitat consists of sandy prairie, including overgrazed native pastures.

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Apantesis cervinoides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Strecker in 1876. It is found above treeline in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The habitat consists of alpine areas, including rocky slopes.

Apantesis complicata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found on south-eastern Vancouver Island and several Gulf Islands of British Columbia and Washington. The habitat consists of dry Garry oak meadows and sandy beaches.

Apantesis doris, the Doris tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1869. It is found in North America from British Columbia, northern Idaho, Alberta and western Montana. In the east, it is found in the Atlantic Coast provinces and from Nova Scotia to northern Florida and west to central Texas. The habitat consists of open willow/sedge fens and probably other open wetlands in the boreal forest.

Apantesis edwardsii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1872. It is known only from the San Francisco area in California and Klamath County in Oregon.

Apantesis elongata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1885. It is found in south-western British Columbia and west-central Alberta, south to Montana and Washington. It has also been recorded from north-eastern Oregon. The habitat consists of dry, montane, and subalpine meadows.

Apantesis favorita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1890. It is found in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, Nevada and north-eastern Colorado. The habitat consists of prairie sand dunes.

<i>Apantesis figurata</i> Species of moth

Apantesis figurata, the figured tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from southern Ontario and New Hampshire south to Georgia and west to Colorado and Texas.

Apantesis franconia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1888. It is found in northeastern North America. The habitat consists of dry, rocky, or sandy areas, including pine barrens.

<i>Apantesis nevadensis</i> Species of moth

Apantesis nevadensis, the Nevada tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866. It is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America, as well as the inter mountain region and the Rocky Mountain states. In Canada, it is found in Alberta and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The habitat consists of deserts, juniper woodlands and open sagebrush range-lands, as well as open forests.

<i>Apantesis ornata</i> Species of moth

Apantesis ornata, the ornate tiger moth or achaia moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia through the Pacific Northwest to southern California, northern Utah, and western Wyoming and Montana. It is found in a wide range of habitats, including open woodland.

<i>Apantesis phyllira</i> Species of moth

Apantesis phyllira, the phyllira tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Quebec and New England south to Florida and west to Texas, Colorado and Alberta. The habitat consists of dry, open woodland and grassland. The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut.

Apantesis speciosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1864. It is found from Labrador west to British Columbia and Alaska. The habitat consists of wetlands, bogs and sub-Arctic tundra. The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut.

Apantesis ursina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Schmidt in 2009. It is found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California and in mainland south-western California from Kern County south to San Diego County. It is probably also present in Baja California.

Apantesis virguncula, the little virgin tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by W. Kirby in 1837. It is found across most of southern Canada and the United States, from the Rocky Mountains eastward. In the north, the range extends to northern Alberta and Newfoundland. In the south, it occurs along the Rocky Mountain to Apache County in Arizona and New Jersey in the east. It occurs in a variety of open wooded habitats, ranging from marshes, fens and bogs to transition parkland and prairie.

Apantesis williamsii, or Williams' tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles R. Dodge in 1871. It is found in North America from the Northwest Territories east to the northern Great Lakes region, New Brunswick and New England. It also occurs throughout the northern Great Plains, south at higher elevations to Arizona and New Mexico, west to south-eastern British Columbia and eastern California.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Holarctia obliterata (Stretch, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths
  3. 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 .
  4. 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.