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Erebidae: Grammia virguncula - Apantesis virguncula - male

Erebidae: Grammia virguncula - Apantesis virguncula - Male
Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, USA
June 15, 2012
Size: Length ~ 2 cm
This specimen may be a barred example of the Little Virgin Tiger Moth (8175). What is unusual about this specimen is that it possesses the 'horizontal bar' which most members of this species seem to lack. See a similar variant found in a Wisconsin specimen (shown below):


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Erebidae: Grammia virguncula - Apantesis virguncula - male Erebidae: Grammia virguncula - Apantesis virguncula - male Erebidae: Grammia virguncula - Apantesis virguncula - male