An Immaculate Holomelina Moth collected in Allegany Co., Maryland (8/14/2001).
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An Immaculate Holomelina Moth collected in Allegany Co., Maryland (8/14/2001).
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| Virbia immaculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Virbia |
| Species: | V. immaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Virbia immaculata (Reakirt, 1864)
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Virbia immaculata, the immaculate holomelina or plain-winged holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Tryon Reakirt in 1864. It is found from the eastern coast of North America west to Manitoba. It has also been recorded in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion and plantain species.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.