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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Arctiina » Apantesis » Grammia speciosa - Hodges#8175.1 (Apantesis speciosa)

Species Apantesis speciosa - Grammia speciosa - Hodges#8175.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Grammia - Apantesis speciosa Grammia sp. - Apantesis speciosa Grammia sp. - Apantesis speciosa Grammia speciosa - Apantesis speciosa - male Apantesis speciosa - Hodges #8175.1 - Apantesis speciosa
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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 speciosa (Grammia speciosa - Hodges#8175.1)
Hodges Number
8175.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Grammia speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
Arctia speciosa Möschler, 1864
Explanation of Names
Formerly treated as a subspecies of Grammia virguncula.
Identification
It is like a smaller, subarctic/day-flying version of virguncula (which does not occur north of Alberta)… Chris Schmidt, 29 October, 2013
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 October, 2013 - 5:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 20 July, 2017 - 6:39am

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