''Apantesis arge'', the arge moth or arge tiger moth, is a moth of the family

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. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine to Florida, West to New Mexico, North to North Dakota and Ontario. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from April to September in most of the range and from July to September in Quebec. There are two generations per year in the south and one or two in the North. The larvae feed on the leaves of corn, dock, lambs-quarter, '' Chenopodium'', grape, plantain, ''

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'', smartweed and sunflower. Apantesis arge P1460253a

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''.

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* * Arctiina Moths described in 1773 Moths of North America Taxa named by Dru Drury {{Arctiina-stub