''Apantesis'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in North and Central America. 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: * '' Apantesis allectans'' Ferguson, 1985 * '' Apantesis anna'' (Grote, 1863) – Anna tiger moth * '' Apantesis arge'' (Drury, 1773) – arge moth * '' Apantesis arizoniensis'' (Stretch, 874 * '' 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, 865 * '' 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, 844 – 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 Arge Moth 3779

References

Arctiina Noctuoidea genera {{Arctiina-stub