Apantesis williamsii, or Williams' tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles R. Dodge in 1871.[1] It is found in North America from the Northwest Territories east to the northern Great Lakes region, New Brunswick and New England. It also occurs throughout the northern Great Plains, south at higher elevations to Arizona and New Mexico, west to south-eastern British Columbia and eastern California.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Apantesis |
| Species: | A. williamsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871)
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The length of the forewings is 14.9 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is chocolate brown to dark brown. The hindwings vary from dull orange buff to pinkish buff or even yellowish. The markings are dark brown to black.[2]
Larvae have been reared on a variety of forbs, and is probably a general feeder on herbaceous plants and grasses.[3]
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.[4][5]
Subspecies edit
- Apantesis williamsii williamsii (Dodge, 1871)
- Apantesis williamsii tooele (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910) (Central Utah)
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Grammia williamsii (Dodge, 1871)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871)". Pacific Northwest Moths. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
External links edit
- Original description: Canadian Entomologist