Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Erebidae
930264 – 8186   Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871)
             Williams' Tiger Moth

© Lynette Schimming
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • williamsii (Dodge, 1871) (Arctia) - MONA 1983: 8186
  • ssp. a. williamsii (Dodge, 1871) (Arctia) - MONA 1983: 8186
  • determinata (Neumoegen, 1881) (Arctia) (synonym of ssp. williamsii)
  • villiamsi Hampson, 1901 (Apantesis) emend. (synonym of ssp. williamsii)
  • ssp. b. tooele Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 (Apantesis)
  • confluentis Strand, 1919 (Apantesis) (synonym of ssp. tooele)
  • ophir Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 (Apantesis) (synonym of ssp. tooele)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871) 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. 46.53m; p. 268. 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 E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Apantesis williamsii
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Apantesis williamsii
    © Ian Maton
    Apantesis williamsii
    © Marcin Roguski
    Apantesis williamsii
    – © Gary Anweiler
    Apantesis williamsii
    – © Gary Anweiler
    Apantesis williamsii
    33mm – © Jim Vargo

    Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

    Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

    Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone