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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 » Apantesis » Doris Tiger Moth - Hodges#8198 (Apantesis doris)

Species Apantesis doris - Doris Tiger Moth - Hodges#8198

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References

Arge Moth - Hodges#8199 (Grammia arge)_1 - Apantesis doris

Arge Moth - Hodges#8199 (Grammia arge)_2 - Apantesis doris

Apantesis doris - Doris Tiger Moth - Apantesis doris

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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 Apantesis

Species doris (Doris Tiger Moth - Hodges#8198)

Hodges Number

8198

Other Common Names

Michabo Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chelonia doris (Boisduval, 1869)

G. d. doris

Chelonia nerea (Boisduval, 1869); Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12: 77 (form)

Arctia michabo (Grote, 1875); Canadian Entomologist, 7: 196 (description)

Apantesis doris ; [NACL, #8198]

Apantesis michabo ; [HMB, 130, pl. XV, f. 17]

Identification

Transverse bands greatly reduced or absent (no transverse white markings in the forewing discal cell). Broad, white costal band. The specimen illustrated is a rare variant where the white markings of the forewing and thorax have a pink flush to them.

Range

Eastern North America west to B.C., absent from the western U.S. except for eastern Texas (Ferguson et al., 2000).

Habitat

Associated with open willow/sedge fens and possibly other open wetlands in the boreal forest.

Season

June - July

Food

Lactuca sativa, Taraxacum officinale (Handfield, 1999). Probably a variety of low growing plants.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - Images of live & pinned adults

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moths of Maryland - Image of live adult

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Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 1 August, 2007 - 10:51am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 25 July, 2023 - 2:17pm

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