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Species Apantesis yavapai - Hodges#8184.1

Representative Images

Grammia yavapai - Apantesis yavapai - male Grammia yavapai - Apantesis yavapai - 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 yavapai (Apantesis yavapai - Hodges#8184.1)

Hodges Number

8184.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grammia yavapai Schmidt, 2009 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930267

Size

Wingspan about 32 mm. (2)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group,

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Canadian Nation Collection @ Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Works Cited

1.Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). (2009)
B. Christian Schmidt. 2009. The Linnean Society of London 156(3): 507–597.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2011 - 9:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 1 September, 2025 - 3:29pm

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