Apantesis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae 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, ) 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, ) 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, ) – 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
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