''Cisseps packardii'' is a

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 w ...

of the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. It was described by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the autho ...

in 1865. It is found in North America from

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. The North American Moth Photographer's Group and BugGuide have this name as a synonym of ''

Cisseps fulvicollis ''Cisseps fulvicollis'', the yellow-collared scape moth, is a species of the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description The wingspan is between 29 and 37 mm. Distribution This moth ...

'', but it is listed as a species by Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

References

Ctenuchina Moths described in 1865 {{Ctenuchina-stub