Apantesis ornata

Ornate tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. ornata
Binomial name
	Apantesis ornata; (Packard, 1864)
Synonyms
	Grammia ornata (Packard, 1864); Callarctia ornata Packard, 1864; Apantesis ornata ab. ochracea Stretch, 1872; Arctia simplicior Butler, 1881; Arctia achaia var. barda H. Edwards, 1881; Euprepia (Cymbalophora) blakei var. perpicta Dyar, 1893; Arctia achaia var. maculosa Stretch, 1906; Arctia achaia var. rivulosa Stretch, 1906; Arctia achaia var. ochracea-rivulosa Stretch, 1906; Apantesis californica Cassino, 1917; Apantesis ornata ab. sulphuricella Strand, 1919;

Apantesis ornata, the ornate tiger moth or achaia moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia through the Pacific Northwest to southern California, northern Utah, and western Wyoming and Montana. It is found in a wide range of habitats, including open woodland.

This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia.

Life cycle

The larva are generalist feeders.

Adults have a wingspan of aprox. 4.3 centimeters. The forewings are black or brown with crisscrossing yellow or yellowish-white lines. The hindwings are variable, usually black with yellow, orange or reddish-orange crisscrossing lines or black spots on an orange ground. Head is yellow. The scales of the thorax give the appearance of three black vertical strips lined in yellow. The abdomen is black and yellow.

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References

↑ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
↑ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.
↑ Miller, Jeffery C.; Hammond, Paul C. (2003). Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest (PDF). Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, USDA Forest Service.

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[Rönkä2016-1] Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.

[Schmidt2018-2] Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.

[miller-3] Miller, Jeffery C.; Hammond, Paul C. (2003). Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest (PDF). Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, USDA Forest Service.