Species: Grammia complicata
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Grammia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
apantèse compliquée
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Tiger Moths
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Erebidae - Grammia - Following Lafontaine and Schmidt (2010), the traditional Arctiidae have been transferred to the family Erebidae as a subfamily (Arctiinae), with former subfamilies such as Lithosiinae now treated as tribes. The circumscription of Arctiinae remains virtually identical to recent circumscriptions of Arctiidae, but circumscriptions of some taxa within the Arctiinae have changed.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Terrestrial
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
The food habits of this species are unreported, but other members of the tribe Arctiini of the subfamily Arctiinae are often polyphagous with a particular species feeding on several families of plants. Larvae obtained from eggs laid by captive females are often raised on dandelion or lettuce leaves (D.C. Ferguson, personal communication). Many members of this genus have been reared, some often, and they all appear to prefer herbaceous dicots (D. Schweitzer, D. Ferguson and many others).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G1G2
Global Status Last Reviewed
2002-12-16
Global Status Last Changed
2002-12-16
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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