Apantesis yavapai

Species of moth

Apantesis yavapai

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Genus:  | Apantesis
Species:  |

A. yavapai

Binomial name
Apantesis yavapai

(Schmidt, 2009)

Synonyms

* Grammia yavapai Schmidt, 2009

Apantesis yavapai is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schmidt in 2009. It is only found in the San Francisco volcanic field in Coconino County, Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 14.4 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to early July.

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.[1][2]

## Etymology

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The species is named after the indigenous tribe of central Arizona.[3]

## References

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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:10138/176841.844-853&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info:hdl/10138/176841&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/syen.12194&rft.aulast=Rönkä&rft.aufirst=Katja&rft.au=Mappes,+Johanna&rft.au=Kaila,+Lauri&rft.au=Wahlberg,+Niklas&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fsyen.12194&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Apantesis+yavapai" class="Z3988">
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 30337831.241-252&rft.date=2018&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189224#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/30337831&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/zookeys.252.28500&rft.aulast=Schmidt&rft.aufirst=B.+Christian&rft.au=Lafontaine,+J.+Donald&rft.au=Troubridge,+James+T.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189224&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Apantesis+yavapai" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Schmidt, B.C. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Taxon identifiers

Grammia yavapai|

* Wikidata: Q15636481
* Wikispecies: Grammia (Grammia) yavapai
* BugGuide: 565452
* GBIF: 9428313
* ITIS: 938917
* LepIndex: 1295700
* Open Tree of Life: 7147071

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