Virbia satara | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Virbia |
Species: | V. satara |
Binomial name | |
Virbia satara Seitz, 1919 | |
Virbia satara is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Bolivia. [1]
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.
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.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.
Virbia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the family Erebidae found in North America. In the east it has been recorded from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south along the eastern seaboard to Cordoba in Mexico. It has also been recorded from Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Virbia arbela is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1889. It is found in Mexico.
Virbia cetes is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico.
Virbia costata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1884. It is found in the western United States, ranging to western Oklahoma in the east and Colorado in the north.
Virbia esula is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1889. It is found in Mexico.
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.
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 mirma is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico.
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.
Virbia pallicornis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867. It is found on Cuba.
Virbia palmeri is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Druce in 1911. It is found in Colombia.
Virbia rosenbergi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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.
Virbia subapicalis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela and Bolivia.
Virbia tenuicincta is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Peru.
Virbia trigonifera is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico.
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.
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