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Virbia nigricans

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Virbia nigricans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Virbia
Species:
V. nigricans
Binomial name
Virbia nigricans
(Reakirt, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Crocota nigricans Reakirt, 1864
  • Holomelina nigricans
  • Cothocida nigrifera Walker, 1865

Virbia nigricans is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Tryon Reakirt in 1864. It is found in the United States in secondary secession habitats of western New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The length of the forewings is about 8.2 mm for males and 9.3 mm for females. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from late May to June and again from early to mid-August.[1]

References

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  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.