Virbia rubicundaria, the ruddy holomelina, black-banded holomelina or least holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida, along the Gulf Coast to eastern Texas.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Virbia |
Species: | V. rubicundaria
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Binomial name | |
Virbia rubicundaria (Hübner, 1827)
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The length of the forewings is about 8.9 mm for males and 8.7 mm for females. There are multiple generations per year with adults on wing year-round.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion species and Lactuca floridana.[1]
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