Virbia ostenta

Virbia ostenta, the showy holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the mountain ranges of New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.

Showy holomelina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Virbia
Species:
V. ostenta
Binomial name
Virbia ostenta
(H. Edwards, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Crocota ostenta H. Edwards, 1881
  • Holomelina ostenta
  • Holomelina calera Barnes, 1907

The length of the forewings is about 17.1 mm for males and 18.5 mm for females. The male forewings are clay colored with a thin light salmon band. The hindwings are dark brownish olive, with a geranium-pink pattern. The female forewings are antique brown with a peach-red band. The hindwings are fuscous with a geranium-pink pattern.

Larvae have been reared on dandelion species and Lactuca floridana.[1]

References

  1. 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.


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