Apantesis arge

{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = Arge moth | image = Arge_Moth_3779.11.17.06w.wiki.jpg | taxon = Apantesis arge | authority = (Drury, 1773) | synonyms = *''Grammia arge'' (Drury, 1773) *''Phalaena arge'' Drury, 1773 *''Bombyx dione'' Fabricius, 1775 *''Noctua incarnatorubra'' Goeze, 1781 *''Apantesis nervosa'' Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893 *''Arctia strigosa'' Stretch, 1906 }}

'''''Apantesis arge''''', the '''arge moth''' or '''arge tiger moth''', is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine to Florida, West to New Mexico, North to North Dakota and Ontario.

The wingspan is {{convert|38|-|50|mm}}. Adults are on wing from April to September in most of the range and from July to September in Quebec. There are two generations per year in the south and one or two in the North.

The larvae feed on the leaves of corn, dock, lambs-quarter, ''Chenopodium'', grape, plantain, ''Opuntia'', smartweed and sunflower. thumb|left

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''.<ref name=Rönkä2016/><ref name=Schmidt2018/>

==References== <references>

<ref name=Rönkä2016> {{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 }}</ref>

<ref name=Schmidt2018> {{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 }}</ref>

</references> *{{cite web |last=McLeod |first=Robin |date=March 5, 2017 |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/42006 |title=Species ''Apantesis arge'' - Arge Moth - Hodges#8199 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=August 7, 2019}} *{{cite web |last1=Lotts |first1=Kelly |last2=Naberhaus |first2=Thomas |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Grammia-arge |title=Arge Tiger Moth ''Grammia arge'' (Drury, 1773) |website=Butterflies and Moths of North America |accessdate=August 7, 2019}}

Category:Arctiina Category:Moths described in 1773 Category:Moths of North America Category:Taxa named by Dru Drury