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Species Apantesis quenseli - Labrador Tiger Moth - Hodges#8172

8172 Grammia quenseli – (Paykull, 1793) - Apantesis quenseli

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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 quenseli (Labrador Tiger Moth - Hodges#8172)

Hodges Number

8172

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grammia quenseli (Paykull, 1793)

Bombyx quenseli Paykull, 1793

Apantesis quenseli (Hampson, 1901)

Due to the global occurence of this species there is a long list of synonyms (species and subspecies).

Phylogenetic sequence # 930250

Numbers

There are 36 named species of Grammia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Powell & Opler (2009), listed the number of Grammia species for North America as about 30 with some to be described. (2)

Size

Forewing length 14-15 mm. (3)

Identification

Detailed description at Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Males have bipectinate antennae and smokey gray hindwing.

Females have simple antennae and pale orange or pale white hindwings.

The later description by Hampson as Apantesis quenseli is available at the link in the print references below.

Range

Alaska, British Columbia to Labrador. In eastern Canada south to New Hampshire.

Also occurs in Eurasia. (3)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Alpine (6,600–8,900 ft. (3)

Season

Most records are from June through August. (4)

Food

Larval host plants include:

Mountain Lady's Mantle, Alchemilla alpina L.

Remarks

Adults are diurnal (3)

Print References

Schmidt, B.C. (2009), Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.(5)

Hampson, G.F. 1913. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, p. (402)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Noctuoidea of Canada

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). (2009) B. Christian Schmidt. 2009. The Linnean Society of London 156(3): 507–597.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 May, 2011 - 9:20am
Last updated 2 April, 2013 - 12:58am

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