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Virbia marginata

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Virbia marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Virbia
Species:
V. marginata
Binomial name
Virbia marginata
(Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Eubaphe marginata Druce, 1885
  • Holomelina marginata

Virbia marginata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Druce in 1885. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, New Mexico and Arizona.

The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The male forewings are clay and the hindwings are yellow ocher. The female forewings are cinnamon with a faint olive brown discal spot. The hindwings are flesh ochre.[1]

References

  1. ^ Zaspel, J.M., Weller S.J. & Cardé, R.T., 2008: A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 (3): 59-118. Full article: [1].