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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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. 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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