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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2016).
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A male Virgin Tiger Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/12/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/6/2015).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2013).
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/12/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/12/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/16/2016). (c) kudrafish, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2013).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/13/2013).
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Virgin Tiger Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/16/2013). (c) Kimberly Emerson, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/24/2016).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/23/2014).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (2002).
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A Virgin Tiger Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8//2003).
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A male Virgin Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2005).
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A female Virgin Tiger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/2/2002).
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Source: Wikipedia
Apantesis virgo | |
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Male Virgin Tiger Moth | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Apantesis |
Species: | A. virgo
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Binomial name | |
Apantesis virgo | |
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Apantesis virgo, the virgin tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1][2] It is found in North America from Newfoundland south to Florida west to Alberta.
The wingspan is about 56 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Thermopsis rhombifolia and Plantago species.[4] The species overwinters in the larval stage.[5]
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.[6][7]
Subspecies
[edit]- Apantesis virgo virgo (from the Great Lakes region and Atlantic seaboard south through New England, to at least West Virginia. In the west, the range extends to north-eastern British Columbia)
- Apantesis virgo gigas B. C. Schmidt, 2009 (south-eastern United States, including the Great Smoky Mountains, south to Georgia and northern Florida)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Grammia virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "930244.00 – 8197 – Apantesis virgo – Virgin Tiger Moth – (Linnaeus, 1758)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Grammia virgo". Insect Fauna of Tallgrass Prairies. North Dakota State University. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ Schmidt, B. C. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Grammia virgo". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Cotinis (December 20, 2016). "Species Apantesis virgo - Virgin Tiger Moth - Hodges#8197". BugGuide. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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