Virbia elisca

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Virbia elisca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Virbia
Species:V. elisca
Binomial name
Virbia elisca
Dyar, 1913

Virbia elisca is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913. It is found in Peru., [1] French Guiana and Ecuador. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Erebidae family of insects

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. American entomologist

Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist.

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Virbia ampla is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Mexico.

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Virbia cetes is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico.

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Virbia feronia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1889. It is found in Mexico.

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Virbia hypophaea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Costa Rica and Brazil.

<i>Virbia laeta</i> species of insect

Virbia laeta, the joyful holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is found in North America from New Brunswick south to Florida and west to Minnesota and south to Texas. The habitat consists of pine woodlands.

Virbia latus is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found on Cuba.

Virbia mirma is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico.

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Virbia opella, the tawny holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863. It is found in the United States from Maine west to Illinois and south to Texas. The habitat consists of oak forests and scrub oak forests.

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Virbia rubicundaria, the ruddy holomelina, black-banded holomelina or least holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida, along the Gulf Coast to eastern Texas.

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Virbia xanthopleura is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Grenada.

Virbia zonata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico.

Virbia porioni is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in French Guinea.

References

  1. ↑ Virbia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana


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