Apantesis behrii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. behrii
Binomial name
Apantesis behrii
(Stretch, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Grammia behrii (Stretch, 1872)
  • Arctia behrii Stretch, 1872
  • Arctia shastaensis French, 1889

Apantesis behrii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1872. It is found from Oregon south to California. It is most common in the Siskiyou and Sierra Nevada ranges. The habitat consists of dry lithosol flood plains and balds in the mountains.

The moth is about 34 mm.[1] The forewings are black, with a pattern of bright ochreous yellow bands. The hindwings are saturated orange-pink, but sometimes yellow. There are two to three dark postmedial spots and some marginal black marks. Adults are on wing from early August to late September.

The larvae feed on Lotus humistratus and Amsinckia species.[2]

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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Schmidt, B.C. 2009: "Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.


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