Biology:Apantesis allectans

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Short description: Species of moth

Apantesis allectans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. allectans
Binomial name
Apantesis allectans
(Ferguson, 1985)

Apantesis allectans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1985. It is found in the Mexican states of Durango and Sonora[1] and the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona in the United States.[2] The habitat consists of open montane pine forests.

The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. The ground color of the forewings is dark brown, with buff to yellowish bands. The hindwings are orange red with a dark brown pattern. Adults are on wing from early May to late June.[3]

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.[4][5]

References

  1. Ferguson, D.C., 1985: Contributions toward reclassification of the world genera of the tribe Arctiini, Part 1 – Introduction and a revision of the Neoarctia-Grammia group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae; Arctiinae). Entomography. An Annual Review for Biosystematics 3: 181-275, Sacramento, California.
  2. "930256.00 – 8186.1 – Apantesis allectans – (Ferguson, 1985)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8186.1. Retrieved March 17, 2018. 
  3. 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
  4. 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. 
  5. 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. PMID 30337831. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13528631 entry