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Species Virbia aurantiaca - Orange Virbia - Hodges#8121

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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 Virbia
Species aurantiaca (Orange Virbia - Hodges#8121)
Hodges Number
8121
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Virbia aurantiaca (Hübner, 1831)
Orig. Comb: Holomelina aurantiaca Hübner, [1831]
Numbers
14 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
Wingspan ≈ 19-23 mm
FWL ≈ 10 mm (2)
Identification
Adult: Male FW range from clay to cinnamon; female FW from salmon to cinnamon with a faint olive brown discal spot. Male HW peach red with a raw umber subterminal band; female HW peach red with a brown discal spot and brown subterminal markings. (2)
Genitalia:
Range
In the east it has been recorded from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south along the eastern seaboard to Cordoba in Mexico. It has also been recorded from Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota. (2)
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (3)
Food
Larvae have been reared on dandelion and plantain species. (2)
See Also
Eubaphe unicolor
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of pinned and living adults. (3)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (4)
Wikipedia - brief description (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America - species account with photograph of pinned adult and range maps. [cite:1179096]
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.Wikipedia
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 6 July, 2006 - 12:40pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, marcelsuch, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 2:56pm

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