Biology:Grammia allectans
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Short description: Species of moth
| Grammia allectans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Grammia |
| Species: | G. allectans
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| Binomial name | |
| Grammia allectans Ferguson, 1985
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Grammia 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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "930256.00 – 8186.1 – Apantesis allectans – (Ferguson, 1985)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8186.1. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ 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
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q13528631 entry
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