Biology:Opharus muricolor

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Short description: Species of moth

Mousey-gray tiger moth
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Opharus
Species:
O. muricolor
Binomial name
Opharus muricolor
(Dyar, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Pygarctia muricolor Dyar, 1898

Opharus muricolor, the mousey-gray tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1898. It is found in the US states of Arizona,[1] New Mexico and Texas .[2]

Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.

References

  1. Opharus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

Wikidata ☰ Q13531602 entry