Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Noctuoidea
Arctiidae
Arctiinae
- Apantesis Harris, 1841
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?Apantesis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 631, TS: Apantesis radians Walker
Apantesis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 395; Strand, 1919, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 280
Apantesis (Arctiini) ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 28
Bahamas
Apantesis bicolor Hampson, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 166, TL: Abaco
Apantesis bicolor ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 28
Nais Tiger Moth
Spilosoma nais Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1 : pl. 7, f. 3
Bombyx cuneata Goeze, 1781; Ent. Beyträge 3: 65
Arctia decorata Saunders, 1863; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (2) : 60
Arctia ochreata Butler, 1881; Ent. mon. Mag. 18 : 136
Apantesis phaleratula Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 296 ("♀ Ab. 1" Hampson, 1901: 411)
Apantesis nais, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Apantesis nais ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 411; [NACL, #8171]
Harnessed Moth
Arctia phalerata Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 245
Arctia phalerata var. incompleta Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 311
Arctia rhoda Butler, 1881; Ent. mon. Mag. 18 : 136
incarnata (Stretch, 1906)
pulcherrima (Stretch, 1906)
Apantesis naidella Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 285 ("Ab. 1" Hampson, 1901: 412)
Apantesis vittatula Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 296 ("Ab. 2" Hampson, 1901: 411)
Apantesis rhodana Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 296 ("Ab. 2" Hampson, 1901: 411)
Apantesis phalerata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Apantesis phalerata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Apantesis vittata f. phalerata ; [HMB, 132, pl. XV, f. 6♀]
Apantesis phalerata ; [NACL, #8169]; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 28
Banded Tiger Moth
Bombyx vittata Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 127
Apantesis radians Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 632, TL: Georgia
Arctia colorata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 301
Apantesis floridana Cassino, 1918
Apantesis ochracea Cassino, 1918
Apantesis nais ab. subterminalis Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 285 ("Ab. 2" Hampson, 1901: 412)
Apantesis vittata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Apantesis vittata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Apantesis vittata ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 410, f. 164; [HMB, 132, pl. XV, f. 25♂, 22♀]
Apantesis vittata f. radians ; [HMB, 132, pl. XV, f. 23♂, 21♀]
Apantesis vittata ; [NACL, #8170]
22.1.2010 (5)
- References:
- [BAMONA]
- Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [HMB]
- Holland, 1908; The Moth Book; A popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America
- [MPG]
- North American Moth Photographers Group
- [NACL]
- Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
- Some related literature:
- Butler, 1881
- An account of the Sphinges and Bombyces collected by Lord Walsingham in North America during the years 1871-1872
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8
: 306-318
- Butler, 1881
- Descriptions of some apparently new species of Arctiidae from North America
Ent. mon. Mag. 18
: 135-136
- Drury, 1773
- Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1
: 1-130, pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773)
- Hampson, 1901
- Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.)
Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3
: i-xix, 1-690, pl. 36-54
- Hampson, 1904
- Lepidoptera-Phalaenae of the Bahamas
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 165-188
- Harris, 1841
- A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation
Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 459pp
- Saunders, 1863
- Descriptions of two new species of Arctiidae
Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (2)
: 59-60
- Strand, 1919
- Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae
Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: [1]-415
- Walker, 1855
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
1: 1-278 (1854),
2: 279-581 (1854),
3: 583-775 (1855),
4: 777-976 (1855),
5: 977-1258 (1855),
6: 1259-1508 (1855),
7: 1509-1808 (1856)
- Walker, 1865
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
- Watson & Goodger, 1986
- Catalogue of the Neotropical Tigermoths
Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 1-71
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