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Apantesis obliterata

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Apantesis obliterata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Grammia
Species:
G. obliterata
Binomial name
Grammia obliterata
(Stretch, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Arctia obliterata Stretch, 1885
  • Holarctia obliterata
  • Arctia turbans Christoph, 1892
  • Grammia turbans

Grammia obliterata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in Russia (Khakasia, eastern Sayan, southern Baikal region, Transbaikalia, Middle Amur basin, central Yakutia), Mongolia and North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the North-West Territories).[1] The habitat consists of grasslands.

The length of the forewings is about 16 mm. The forewings are black with off-white veins and transverse lines. The hindwings are orange with large black discal and submarginal spots. Adults are on wing in late summer and early fall.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Holarctia obliterata (Stretch, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Pacific Northwest Moths