Biology:Notarctia proxima

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Short description: Species of moth

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

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

Subspecies

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

Description

The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. Females have reddish-pink hindwings, while those are white in males. Adults are on wing from April to October in several generations per year.[1]

Description

This species can be found in North America from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California ,[2] as well as in Mexico.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13531931 entry