Apantesis behrii

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| taxon = Apantesis behrii

| authority = (Stretch, 1872)

| synonyms =

Grammia behrii (Stretch, 1872)
Arctia behrii Stretch, 1872
Arctia shastaensis French, 1889

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Apantesis behrii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1872. It is found from Oregon south to California. It is most common in the Siskiyou and Sierra Nevada ranges. The habitat consists of dry lithosol flood plains and balds in the mountains.

The moth is about 34 mm.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8179.3 mothphotographersgroup] Adults are on wing from early August to late September.

The larvae feed on Lotus humistratus and Amsinckia species.Schmidt, B.C. 2009: "Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156: 507-597. {{doi|10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x}}

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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{{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

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{{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

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[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=arctiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog]

Category:Arctiina

Category:Moths described in 1872