| Virbia rubicundaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Virbia |
| Species: | V. rubicundaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Virbia rubicundaria (Hübner, 1827) | |
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Virbia rubicundaria, the ruddy holomelina, black-banded holomelina or least holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida, along the Gulf Coast to eastern Texas.
The length of the forewings is about 8.9 mm for males and 8.7 mm for females. There are multiple generations per year with adults on wing year-round.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion species and Lactuca floridana.[1]
References
- ↑ Zaspel, J.M., Weller S.J. & Cardé, R.T., 2008: A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 (3): 59-118. Full article: .
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