Doris tiger moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apantesis
Species:
A. doris
Binomial name
Apantesis doris
(Boisduval, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Grammia doris (Boisduval, 1869)
  • Chelonia doris Boisduval, 1869
  • Chelonia nerea Boisduval, 1869
  • Arctia michabo Grote, 1875
  • Arctia minea Slosson, 1892
  • Apantesis doris

Apantesis doris, the Doris tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1869. It is found in North America from British Columbia, northern Idaho, Alberta and western Montana. In the east, it is found in the Atlantic Coast provinces and from Nova Scotia to northern Florida and west to central Texas. The habitat consists of open willow/sedge fens and probably other open wetlands in the boreal forest.

The length of the forewings is about 19 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[1]

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Lactuca sativa and Taraxacum officinale.[2]

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.[3][4]

Subspecies

  • Apantesis doris doris
  • Apantesis doris minea (Slosson, 1892)

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Northwest Moths
  2. ↑ "Species Page - Grammia doris". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.


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