Virbia marginata
| Virbia marginata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Virbia |
| Species: | V. marginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Virbia marginata (Druce, 1885) | |
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Virbia marginata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, New Mexico and Arizona.
The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The male forewings are clay colored and the hindwings are yellow ocher. The female forewings are cinnamon with a faint olive brown discal spot. The hindwings are flesh ochre.[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. Full article: .
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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