Apantesis ornata

Ornate tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. ornata
Binomial name
Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)
Synonyms
Grammia ornata(Packard, 1864) Callarctia ornataPackard, 1864 Apantesis ornata ab. ochraceaStretch, 1872 Arctia simpliciorButler, 1881 Arctia achaia var. bardaH. Edwards, 1881 Euprepia (Cymbalophora) blakei var. perpictaDyar, 1893 Arctia achaia var. maculosaStretch, 1906 Arctia achaia var. rivulosaStretch, 1906 Arctia achaia var. ochracea-rivulosaStretch, 1906 Apantesis californicaCassino, 1917 Apantesis ornata ab. sulphuricellaStrand, 1919

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.

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. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. 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 .
2. 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.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.