Virbia ostenta
Virbia ostenta, the showy holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the mountain ranges of New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.
| Showy holomelina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Virbia |
| Species: | V. ostenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Virbia ostenta (H. Edwards, 1881) | |
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The length of the forewings is about 17.1 mm for males and 18.5 mm for females. The male forewings are clay colored with a thin light salmon band. The hindwings are dark brownish olive, with a geranium-pink pattern. The female forewings are antique brown with a peach-red band. The hindwings are fuscous with a geranium-pink pattern.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion species and Lactuca floridana.[1]
References
- Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.
External links
- Original description: Edwards, Henry (1881). "Descriptions of Two New Species of Lithosidae". Papilio. 1 (1): 12.
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