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Apantesis proxima
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Apantesis proxima, the Mexican tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Felix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.
Apantesis proxima was formerly a member of the genus Notarctia, which was combined with Apantesis as a result of phylogenetic and molecular analysis in 2016.[1][2][3]
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Subspecies
- Apantesis proxima proxima
- Apantesis proxima mormonica (Neumoegen, 1885)
Description
This species can be found in North America from south-eastern Oregon and southern Idaho to Nevada, western Utah and California,[3] as well as in Mexico. It can also be found in Europe (Croatia).[4]
References
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