Virbia ferruginosa

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Rusty holomelina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Virbia
Species:
V. ferruginosa
Binomial name
Virbia ferruginosa
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Crocota ferruginosaWalker, 1854
  • Holomelina ferruginosa
  • Crocota quinariaGrote, 1863
  • Crocota trimaculosaReakirt, 1864
  • Holomelina buchholziWyatt, 1963

Virbia ferruginosa, the rusty holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from Nova Scotia to British Columbia in Canada. In the United States it is found from the northeast and upper Midwest, south to Virginia, Mississippi, Missouri and Louisiana.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing in July.

Larvae have been reared on dandelion species. [1]

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References

  1. Zaspel, J.M., Weller S.J. & Cardé, R.T., 2008: "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.