Virbia opella

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Tawny holomelina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Virbia
Species:V. opella
Binomial name
Virbia opella
(Grote, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Crocota opellaGrote, 1863
  • Holomelina opella
  • Crocota flavaBarnes & Benjamen, 1925
  • Crocota obscuraStretch, 1885
  • Crocota belmariaEhrmann, 1895
  • Crocota rubricostaEhrmann, 1895

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

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.

Augustus Radcliffe Grote British entomologist

Augustus Radcliffe Grote was a British entomologist who worked mainly in America.

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm for males and 12 mm for females. The male forewings and hindwings are olive brown to dark drab with a sepia discal spot. The female forewings are cinnamon with a faint fuscous discal spot. The hindwings are peach red with tufts of faint cinnamon scales. There are multiple generations per year in most of the range. In Louisiana, there are three generations with adults on wing from November to February.

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 History48 (3): 59-118. Full article: .