Biology:Apantesis elongata

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Short description: Species of moth

Apantesis elongata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. elongata
Binomial name
Apantesis elongata
(Stretch, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Grammia elongata (Stretch, 1885)
  • Arctia elongata Stretch, 1885
  • Apantesis elongata
  • Arctia dieckii Neumögen, 1890

Apantesis elongata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1885. It is found in south-western British Columbia and west-central Alberta, south to Montana and Washington. It has also been recorded from north-eastern Oregon. The habitat consists of dry, montane, and subalpine meadows.

The length of the forewings is 14.9 mm. Adults are on wing from mid May to late August.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Claytonia lanceolata.[1]

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.[2][3]

References

  1. 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
  2. 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. 
  3. 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 ☰ Q13528623 entry