Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the family Erebidae found in North America.[4] In the east it has been recorded from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south along the eastern seaboard to Cordoba in Mexico. It has also been recorded from Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
| Orange holomelina | |
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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. aurantiaca
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| Virbia aurantiaca | |
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The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 9.7 mm for females.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion and plantain species.[5]
References
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- ^ "Holomelina aurantiaca Hübner 1831 - EOL". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Holomelina aurantiaca (Orange Holomelina Moth)". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Species Detail BMONA". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Species Holomelina aurantiaca - Orange Holomelina - Hodges#8121 -BugGuide". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ 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. Full article: [1].