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Species Apantesis f-pallida - Grammia f-pallida - Hodges#8189

Grammia f-pallida? - Apantesis f-pallida Grammia Tiger Moth - Apantesis f-pallida Grammia f-pallida - Grammia figurata ?? - Apantesis f-pallida Apantesis f-pallida - male Apantesis f-pallida - male Apantesis f-pallida - male Apantesis f-pallida Apantesis f-pallida - male
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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 f-pallida (Grammia f-pallida - Hodges#8189)
Hodges Number
8189
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arctia f-pallida (Strecker, 1878)
Apantesis f-pallida [NACL, #8189]
Size
32-35mm
Identification
Very similar to Grammia figurata, and replacing it in the Southwest, west of the Great Plains. Probably not separable except by location (???)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - Image of pinned adult
Moths of SE Arizona - Image of pinned adult
New Mexico State University - Image of pinned adult