Apantesis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Arctiina
Genus: Apantesis
Species: A. bicolor – A. carlotta – A. nais – A. phalerata – A. vittata
Name

Apantesis Walker, 1855

Type species: Apantesis radians Walker, 1855
Synonymy

Grammia Rambur, 1866 (synonymized by Rönkä et al., 2016: 849)
Orodemnias Wallengren, 1885 (synonymized by Rönkä et al., 2016: 849)
Mimarctia Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 (synonymized by Rönkä et al., 2016: 849)
Notarctia Smith, 1938 (synonymized by Rönkä et al., 2016: 849)
Holarctia Smith, 1938 (synonymized by Rönkä et al., 2016: 849)

Apantesis phalerata

References

Ferguson, D.C. & Opler, P.A., 2006: Checklist of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Insecta) of the continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1299: 1–33.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Rönkä, K., Mappes, J., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 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 Reference page.
Walker, F., 1855: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 583–775, Edward Newman: London.

Apantesis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in North and Central America.[1][2][3][4][5][excessive citations]

As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia have been merged with Apantesis, and their species are now members of the genus Apantesis.[6][7]
Species

The genus contains the following species:[3]

Apantesis allectans Ferguson, 1985
Apantesis anna (Grote, 1863) – Anna tiger moth
Apantesis arge (Drury, 1773) – arge moth
Apantesis arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874])
Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)
Apantesis blakei (Grote, 1864)
Apantesis bolanderi (Stretch, 1872)
Apantesis bowmani (Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007)
Apantesis brillians Schmidt, 2009
Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985 – Carlotta's tiger moth
Apantesis cervinoides (Strecker, 1876)
Apantesis complicata (Walker, [1865])
Apantesis doris (Boisduval, 1869) – Doris tiger moth
Apantesis edwardsii (Stretch, 1872)
Apantesis elongata (Stretch, 1885)
Apantesis eureka Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007
Apantesis f-pallida (Strecker, 1878)
Apantesis favorita (Neumögen, 1890)
Apantesis fergusoni Schmidt, 2009
Apantesis figurata (Drury, 1773) – figured tiger moth
Apantesis franconia (H. Edwards, 1888)
Apantesis hewletti (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Apantesis incorrupta (H. Edwards, 1881)
Apantesis margo Schmidt, 2009
Apantesis nais (Drury, 1773) – Nais tiger moth
Apantesis nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Nevada tiger moth
Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)
Apantesis parthenice (W. Kirby, 1837) – parthenice tiger moth
Apantesis phalerata (Harris, 1841) – harnessed tiger moth
Apantesis philipiana Ferguson, 1985
Apantesis phyllira (Drury, 1773) – phyllira tiger moth
Apantesis placentia (J.E. Smith, 1797) – placentia tiger moth
Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) – Mexican tiger moth
Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
Apantesis speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
Apantesis ursina Schmidt, 2009
Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) – virgin tiger moth
Apantesis virguncula (W. Kirby, 1837) – little virgin tiger moth
Apantesis vittata (Fabricius, 1787) – banded tiger moth
Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871) – Williams' tiger moth
Apantesis yavapai Schmidt, 2009
Apantesis yukona Schmidt, 2009

Apantesis arge, larva
References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Apantesis Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
"North American Moth Photographers Group". Retrieved 2021-09-23.
"Apantesis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
"Apantesis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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.
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.