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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Arctiina » Virbia » Virbia ostenta - Hodges#8116 (Virbia ostenta)

Species Virbia ostenta - Hodges#8116

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Arctiina
Genus Virbia
Species ostenta (Virbia ostenta - Hodges#8116)
Hodges Number
8116
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Virbia ostenta (Edwards, 1881)
Crocota ostenta Edwards, 1881
Holomelina calera Barnes, 1907
Range
Type locality (ostenta): Prescott, AZ.
Type locality (calera): Huachua Mts., AZ.
Print References
Barnes, W., 1907. New species of North American Lepidoptera. Canadian Entomologist. 10;
Edwards, H., 1881. Descriptions of ywo new species of Lithosidae. Papilio. 1: 12.
Hampson, G.F., 1901. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. 3: 190, pl. 42, f. 17. (ostenta)
Hampson, G.F., 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. (Suppl.) 2: 316, pl. 56, f. 18. (calera)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 17 September, 2008 - 12:20pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, ceiseman
Last updated 23 April, 2019 - 5:03am

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