Apantesis obliterata

Apantesis obliterata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in Russia (Khakasia, eastern Sayan, southern Baikal region, Transbaikalia, Middle Amur basin, central Yakutia), Mongolia and North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the North-West Territories).^[1] The habitat consists of grasslands.

Apantesis obliterata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. obliterata
Binomial name
Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
Synonyms
Grammia obliterata (Stretch, 1885) Arctia obliterata Stretch, 1885 Holarctia obliterata Arctia turbans Christoph, 1892 Grammia turbans

The length of the forewings is about 16 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer and early fall.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.^[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]