Biology:Apantesis proxima

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Short description: Species of moth

Mexican tiger moth
Apantesis proxima Ueda.jpg
Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. proxima
Binomial name
Apantesis proxima
(Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Apantesis mormonica Euprepia docta
  • Notarctia proxima Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Walker, 1855
  • Arctia mexicana Grammia proxima
  • Grote & Robinson, 1867 Neumoegen, 1885
  • Chelonia proxima
  • Boisduval, 1869 Chelonia autholea
Mounted specimen

Apantesis proxima, the Mexican tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Felix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.

Apantesis proxima was formerly a member of the genus Notarctia, which was combined with Apantesis as a result of phylogenetic and molecular analysis in 2016.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

  • Apantesis proxima proxima
  • Apantesis proxima mormonica (Neumoegen, 1885)

Description

This species can be found in North America from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California ,[3] as well as in Mexico. It can also be found in Europe (Croatia).[4]

References

  1. 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. 
  2. McLeod, Robin; Heiman, Maury (January 28, 2014). "Species Apantesis proxima - Mexican Tiger Moth - Hodges#8181". https://bugguide.net/node/view/54392. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "930276.00 – 8181 – Apantesis proxima – Mexican Tiger Moth – (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8181. 
  4. Savela, Markku. "Notarctia proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844)"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/notarctia/#proxima. Retrieved August 20, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13531931 entry