Apantesis proxima

Apantesis proxima, the Mexican tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Felix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.

Mexican tiger moth
Apantesis proxima, Channel Islands, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. proxima
Binomial name
Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Synonyms
Notarctia proxima Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Chelonia proxima Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Grammia proxima Euprepia docta Walker, 1855 Arctia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867 Chelonia autholea Boisduval, 1869 Apantesis mormonica Neumoegen, 1885

Mounted specimen

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]

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]