Moth Photographers Group – Apantesis virgo – 8197

Erebidae

930244 – 8197   Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Virgin Tiger Moth

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© Nolie Schneider

Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Phalaena virgo Linnaeus, 1758 • Euprepia citrinaria Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Arctia simplex Stretch, 1906 • Grammia gigas Schmidt, 2009
Taxonomic Notes:	Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) was formerly in the genus Grammia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853.

References

• Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
• Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
• Ronka, K., J. Mappes, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology, 41(4): 844-853.
• Species Page at Block Island Moths
• Species Page at BugGuide.Net
• Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
• Species Page at Mass Moths
• Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
• Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

© Forest Barnas
© Stuart Schwartz
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56mm – © Jim Vargo
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© Stuart Schwartz
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