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Virbia Lamae
''Virbia lamae'', the bog holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1941. It is found in North America in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, Wisconsin and Michigan. The habitat consists of open peat bogs. The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 9.8 mm for females. The male forewings are clay coloured with fawn extending from the base to the postmedial region. The hindwings vary from yellow ochre to salmon with a brown discal spot and brown subterminal markings. The female forewings are clay extending from the base to the postmedial region. The posterior margin is cinnamon brown, sometimes with a faint brown spot and always with a white anellar spot. The hindwings are salmon, with a large brown discal spot and brown subterminal markings. Adults are on wing in July and early August. Larvae have been reared on dandelion and Plantago, plantain species.Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008)"A fau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
