Notarctia arizoniensis

Notarctia arizoniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Notarctia
Species:	N. arizoniensis
Binomial name
	Notarctia arizoniensis; (Stretch, [1874])
Synonyms
	Arctia arizoniensis Stretch, 1874;

Notarctia arizoniensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Robert Harper Stretch (1837–1926) in 1874. It is found from the south-western United States to Colombia. In the United States, it has been recorded from California, east to western Texas and north to western Colorado and western Wyoming. The habitat consists of wet meadows found in lowland desert regions.

The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. The forewings are black with wide yellow transverse and longitudinal lines. Females are darker yellow than males. The hindwings are pale to dark pink. Adults are on wing in early June and late August, probably in two generations per year.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was formerly treated as a synonym of Notarctia proxima.[2]

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References

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[1] Pacific Northwest Moths

[2] thphotographersgroup