Biology:Apantesis proxima
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Short description: Species of moth
| Mexican tiger moth | |
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| Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Apantesis |
| Species: | A. proxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ McLeod, Robin; Heiman, Maury (January 28, 2014). "Species Apantesis proxima - Mexican Tiger Moth - Hodges#8181". https://bugguide.net/node/view/54392.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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