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Species Apantesis edwardsii - Grammia edwardsii - Hodges#8177.1

Grammia edwardsii - Apantesis edwardsii - female Grammia edwardsii - Apantesis edwardsii - 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 edwardsii (Grammia edwardsii - Hodges#8177.1)
Hodges Number
8177.1
Range
Known only from the San Francisco Bay region, one possible specimen from Oregon. The most recent specimens were collected in the 1920's and the moth may now be extinct.