Placentia Tiger Moth
Apantesis placentia (J.E. Smith, 1797)
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Synonyms
Grammia placentia  Hodges #8191 
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Apantesis placentia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. placentia
Binomial name
Apantesis placentia
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Grammia placentia (J. E. Smith, 1797)
  • Phalaena placentia J. E. Smith, 1797
  • Arctia flammea Neumögen, 1881

Apantesis placentia, the placentia tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James Edward Smith in 1797. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from New Jersey to Florida. The habitat consists of dry, sandy open wooded areas, primarily pine barrens.

The length of the forewings is 19.6 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in at least two generations per year.[1]

The larvae feed on Plantago species.[2]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Schmidt, B.C. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x
  2. ^ Balaban, John & Jane (April 19, 2012). "Species Apantesis placentia - Grammia placentia - Hodges#8191". BugGuide. Retrieved November 7, 2018.[ Bug Guide]
  3. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
  4. ^ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.


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