| 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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| Synonyms | |
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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. hdl: 10138/176841.
- ^ McLeod, Robin; Heiman, Maury (January 28, 2014). "Species Apantesis proxima - Mexican Tiger Moth - Hodges#8181". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b "930276.00 – 8181 – Apantesis proxima – Mexican Tiger Moth – (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". North American Moth Photographer's Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Notarctia proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
| Mexican tiger moth | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Apantesis |
| Species: | A. proxima
|
| Binomial name | |
| Apantesis proxima (
Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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. hdl: 10138/176841.
- ^ McLeod, Robin; Heiman, Maury (January 28, 2014). "Species Apantesis proxima - Mexican Tiger Moth - Hodges#8181". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b "930276.00 – 8181 – Apantesis proxima – Mexican Tiger Moth – (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". North American Moth Photographer's Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Notarctia proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2019.