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Species Apantesis ornata - Grammia ornata - Hodges#8177

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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 ornata (Grammia ornata - Hodges#8177)
Hodges Number
8177
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Grammia ornata (Packard, 1864)
Apantesis ornata(1)
Size
FWL ≈ 16-20mm
Identification
Adult: FW appear black, typically with a net-like pattern of extensive yellowish or rosy off-white transverse lines and thinner pale veins. HW color is variable from yellow-orange, orange, to orange-red, rarely entirely black. HW is heavily marked with black, including the basal wing, multiple spots, and an irregular marginal band. These are often fused to each other, especially near the wing margin.
Larva: Larva is covered with long black hairs dorsally and laterally, but has red hairs ventrally, and has a yellow-orange middorsal line.
Range
Great Basin to Pacific Coast.
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Habitat
Fields and roadsides.
Food
Caterpillars: various herbaceous plants.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens
Pacific Northwest Moths – detailed description & images of pinned adults
Works Cited
1.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
Lorus and Margery Milne. 1980. Knopf.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 2 May, 2006 - 11:25pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Abigail Parker
Last updated 17 May, 2013 - 5:43pm

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