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Species Apantesis behrii - Grammia behrii - Hodges#8179.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Grammia behrii? - Apantesis behrii - male Apantesis behrii - male Apantesis behrii - male Apantesis behrii - 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 behrii (Grammia behrii - Hodges#8179.3)
Hodges Number
8179.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)
Arctia behrii Stretch, 1872
Arctia shastanensis French, 1881
Explanation of Names
Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872) is elevated from synonymy of G. nevadensis, in Ferguson & Schmidt (2007), Zootaxa, 1405: 39-49. This species was formerly in the genus Grammia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C. & B.C. Schmidt, 2007. Taxonomic review of the Grammia nevadensis species group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with descriptions of` two new species. Zootaxa, 1405: 39-49.
Ronka, K., J. Mappes, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology, 41(4): 844-853.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 27 February, 2012 - 11:55am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 30 September, 2022 - 3:29pm

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