Apantesis
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| image = Apantesis phalerata.jpg
| image_caption = Apantesis phalerata
| taxon = Apantesis
| authority = Walker, 1855
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Apantesis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in North and Central America.{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/apantesis/ |title=Apantesis Walker, 1855 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 6, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=2094.0 |title=Apantesis Walker, 1855 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=October 14, 2020}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=December 2021}}
As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia have been merged with Apantesis, and their species are now members of the genus Apantesis.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
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- Apantesis allectans Ferguson, 1985
- Apantesis anna (Grote, 1863) – Anna tiger moth
- Apantesis arge (Drury, 1773) – arge moth
- Apantesis arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874])
- Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis blakei (Grote, 1864)
- Apantesis bolanderi (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis bowmani (Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007)
- Apantesis brillians Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985 – Carlotta's tiger moth
- Apantesis cervinoides (Strecker, 1876)
- Apantesis complicata (Walker, [1865])
- Apantesis doris (Boisduval, 1869) – Doris tiger moth
- Apantesis edwardsii (Stretch, 1872)
- Apantesis elongata (Stretch, 1885)
- Apantesis eureka Ferguson & Schmidt, 2007
- Apantesis f-pallida (Strecker, 1878)
- Apantesis favorita (Neumögen, 1890)
- Apantesis fergusoni Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis figurata (Drury, 1773) – figured tiger moth
- Apantesis franconia (H. Edwards, 1888)
- Apantesis hewletti (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
- Apantesis incorrupta (H. Edwards, 1881)
- Apantesis margo Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis nais (Drury, 1773) – Nais tiger moth
- Apantesis nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Nevada tiger moth
- Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
- Apantesis ornata (Packard, 1864)
- Apantesis parthenice (W. Kirby, 1837) – parthenice tiger moth
- Apantesis phalerata (Harris, 1841) – harnessed tiger moth
- Apantesis philipiana Ferguson, 1985
- Apantesis phyllira (Drury, 1773) – phyllira tiger moth
- Apantesis placentia (J.E. Smith, 1797) – placentia tiger moth
- Apantesis proxima (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) – Mexican tiger moth
- Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
- Apantesis speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
- Apantesis ursina Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) – virgin tiger moth
- Apantesis virguncula (W. Kirby, 1837) – little virgin tiger moth
- Apantesis vittata (Fabricius, 1787) – banded tiger moth
- Apantesis williamsii (Dodge, 1871) – Williams' tiger moth
- Apantesis yavapai Schmidt, 2009
- Apantesis yukona Schmidt, 2009
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References
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{{Cite journal
| title = Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)
| date = 2016
| last1 = Rönkä | first1 = Katja
| last2 = Mappes | first2 = Johanna
| last3 = Kaila | first3 = Lauri
| last4 = Wahlberg | first4 = Niklas
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 41| issue = 4
| pages = 844–853
| doi = 10.1111/syen.12194| doi-access = free
| hdl = 10138/176841
| hdl-access = free
}}
{{Cite journal
| title = Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV
| date = 2018
| last1 = Schmidt | first1 = B. Christian
| last2 = Lafontaine | first2 = J. Donald
| last3 = Troubridge | first3 = James T.
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 252
| pages = 241–252
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.252.28500| pmid = 30337831
| pmc = 6189224
| doi-access = free
}}
{{Cite web| title=Apantesis
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1804961
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2021-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Apantesis genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/5750
| website=BugGuide.net
| access-date=2021-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=North American Moth Photographers Group
| url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/
| access-date=2021-09-23
}}
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