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Erebidae 930271 – 8177   Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: ornata Packard 1864 (Callarctia) - MONA 1983: 8177 achaia Grote & Robinson 1868 (Arctia) barda Edwards 1881 (Arctia) californica Cassino 1917 (Apantesis) dahurica Grote & Robinson 1868 (Arctia) maculosa Stretch 1906 (Arctia) ochracea Stretch 1872 (Arctia) ochracearivulosa Stretch 1906 (Arctia) perpicta Dyar 1893 (Arctia) rivulosa Stretch 1906 (Arctia) simplicior Butler 1881 (Arctia) sulphuricella Strand 1919 (Apantesis) Taxonomic Notes: Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864) was formerly in the genus Grammia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.50n, 46.51m; p. 267. Book Review and ordering Ronka, K., J. Mappes, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology, 41(4): 844-853. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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