Apantesis proxima

Mexican tiger moth
Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. proxima
Binomial name
Apantesis proxima
Synonyms
  • Notarctia proxima Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Chelonia proxima Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
  • Grammia proxima
  • Euprepia docta Walker, 1855
  • Arctia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867
  • Chelonia autholea Boisduval, 1869
  • Apantesis mormonica Neumoegen, 1885
Mounted specimen

Apantesis proxima, the Mexican tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Felix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.

Apantesis proxima was formerly a member of the genus Notarctia, which was combined with Apantesis as a result of phylogenetic and molecular analysis in 2016.

Subspecies

Description

This species can be found in North America from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California, as well as in Mexico. It can also be found in Europe (Croatia).

References

  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.
  2. ↑ McLeod, Robin; Heiman, Maury (January 28, 2014). "Species Apantesis proxima - Mexican Tiger Moth - Hodges#8181". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  3. 1 2 "930276.00 – 8181 – Apantesis proxima – Mexican Tiger Moth – (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". North American Moth Photographer's Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Notarctia proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2019.