Apantesis virguncula – Little Virgin Tiger Moth

Family Erebidae    Hodges # 8175

Caterpillar foods: dandelion, knotweed, plantain, and other low plants (Bugguide)

6/7/2015

 

6/13/2016

 

6/8/2018

 

6/8/2018

 

6/9/2014   This moth has one extra horizontal white line across the black discal cell.  It seems to be a less common variation of the pattern. (Moths of North Dakota)  I found a few photos of moths with a similar line on the Butterflies and Moths of North America site.

 

6/5/2012

 

7/3/2013

Grammia virguncula 7-3-13 1

 

6/10/2016

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