Notarctia proxima
| Mexican tiger moth | |
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| Notarctia proxima. Mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Notarctia |
| Species: | N. proxima |
| Binomial name | |
| Notarctia proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) | |
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Notarctia proxima, the Mexican tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Felix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.
Subspecies
- Notarctia proxima proxima
- Notarctia proxima mormonica (Neumoegen, 1885)
Description
The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. Females have reddish-pink hindwings, while those are white in males. Adults are on wing from April to October in several generations per year.[1]
Description
This species can be found from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California,[2] as well as in Mexico.[3]
References
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