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    Apantesis proxima

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    Mexican tiger moth
    Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Superfamily: Noctuoidea
    Family: Erebidae
    Subfamily: Arctiinae
    Genus: Apantesis
    Species:
    A. proxima
    Binomial name
    Apantesis proxima
    (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
    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.[1][2][3]

    Subspecies[edit]

    • Apantesis proxima proxima
    • Apantesis proxima mormonica (Neumoegen, 1885)

    Description[edit]

    This species can be found in North America from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California,[3] as well as in Mexico. It can also be found in Europe (Croatia).[4]

    References[edit]

    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. ^ a b "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.


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