Grammia edwardsii
Grammia edwardsii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stretch in 1872. It is known only from the San Francisco area in California and Klamath County in Oregon.
| Grammia edwardsii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Grammia |
| Species: | G. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Grammia edwardsii (Stretch, 1872) | |
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The length of the forewings is 13.4 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark brown with yellowish buff bands. The hindwings are yellow-orange with black markings. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June. A few September records possibly indicate a second generation.[1]
References
- Schmidt, B.C. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 507-597. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x
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