Apantesis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in North and Central America.[1][2][3][4][5][excessive citations]
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| Apantesis phalerata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Apantesis Walker, 1855 |
As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia have been merged with Apantesis, and their species are now members of the genus Apantesis.[6][7]
Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[3]
- Apantesis allectans Ferguson, 1985
- Apantesis anna (Grote, 1863) – Anna tiger moth
- Apantesis arge (Drury, 1773) – arge moth
- Apantesis arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874])
- Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis blakei (Grote, 1864)
- Apantesis bolanderi (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis bowmani (Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007)
- Apantesis brillians Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985 – Carlotta's tiger moth
- Apantesis cervinoides (Strecker, 1876)
- Apantesis complicata (Walker, [1865])
- Apantesis doris (Boisduval, 1869) – Doris tiger moth
- Apantesis edwardsii (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis elongata (Stretch, 1885)
- Apantesis eureka Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007
- Apantesis f-pallida (Strecker, 1878)
- Apantesis favorita (Neumögen, 1890)
- Apantesis fergusoni Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis figurata (Drury, 1773) – figured tiger moth
- Apantesis franconia (H. Edwards, 1888)
- Apantesis hewletti (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
- Apantesis incorrupta (H. Edwards, 1881)
- Apantesis margo Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis nais (Drury, 1773) – Nais tiger moth
- Apantesis nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Nevada tiger moth
- Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
- Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)
- Apantesis parthenice (W. Kirby, 1837) – parthenice tiger moth
- Apantesis phalerata (Harris, 1841) – harnessed tiger moth
- Apantesis philipiana Ferguson, 1985
- Apantesis phyllira (Drury, 1773) – phyllira tiger moth
- Apantesis placentia (J.E. Smith, 1797) – placentia tiger moth
- Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) – Mexican tiger moth
- Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
- Apantesis speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
- Apantesis ursina Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) – virgin tiger moth
- Apantesis virguncula (W. Kirby, 1837) – little virgin tiger moth
- Apantesis vittata (Fabricius, 1787) – banded tiger moth
- Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871) – Williams' tiger moth
- Apantesis yavapai Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis yukona Schmidt, 2009
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ a b "North American Moth Photographers Group". Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Apantesis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Apantesis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ 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.
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