Actebia balanitis

Actebia balanitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Actebia
Species: A. balanitis
Binomial name
Actebia balanitis
(Grote, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Protexarnis balanitis Grote, 1873

Actebia balanitis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from north-east Alaska and western Yukon east to east central Saskatchewan and north central South Dakota, south to northern Colorado and west to central Washington and the dry interior of British Columbia. The wingspan is 36–40 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.[2]

This species has previously been confused with the Palearctic species Actebia squalida, which led to A. squalida to be misreported from North America [3]

The larvae probably feed on various grasses.

References

  1. ↑ "Actebia balanitis (Grote, 1873)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Robert A. Cannings; Jean-François Landry; David G. Holden; Geoffrey G. E. Scudder. "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada: Entomological ..." Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-29.


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