Apantesis 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: | Apantesis |
Species: | A. allectans
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Binomial name | |
Apantesis allectans (Ferguson, 1985)
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Apantesis 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. Adults are on wing from early May to late June. [3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia. [4] [5]
Apantesis 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: | Apantesis |
Species: | A. allectans
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Binomial name | |
Apantesis allectans (Ferguson, 1985)
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Apantesis 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. Adults are on wing from early May to late June. [3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia. [4] [5]