Opharus muricolor, the mousey-gray tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1898. It is found in the US states of Arizona,[1] New Mexico and Texas.[2]
| Mousey-gray tiger moth | |
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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: | Opharus |
| Species: | O. muricolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Opharus muricolor (Dyar, 1898)
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Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.
References
edit- ^ Opharus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University