Biology:Virbia aurantiaca
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Short description: Species of moth
| Orange holomelina | |
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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: | Virbia |
| Species: | V. aurantiaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Virbia aurantiaca (Hübner, 1831)[1]
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Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the family Erebidae found in North America.[4] In the east it has been recorded from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south along the eastern seaboard to Cordoba in Mexico. It has also been recorded from Texas , Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee , Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas , North Dakota and South Dakota.
The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 9.7 mm for females.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion and plantain species.[5]
References
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- ↑ "Holomelina aurantiaca Hübner 1831 - EOL". http://www.eol.org/pages/570722.
- ↑ "Holomelina aurantiaca (Orange Holomelina Moth)". http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/H/Holomelina_aurantiaca/.
- ↑ "Species Detail BMONA". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3693.
- ↑ "Species Holomelina aurantiaca - Orange Holomelina - Hodges#8121 -BugGuide". http://bugguide.net/node/view/61817.
- ↑ Zaspel, J.M., Weller S.J. & Cardé, R.T., 2008: A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 (3): 59-118. Full article: [1].
Wikidata ☰ Q28607947 entry
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