Grammia edwardsii (Stretch, 1872:77)
Edward's tiger moth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonymy follows (Schmidt, 2009):
Arctia edwardsii Stretch, 1872: 77; Apantesis ornata (=edwardsi Stretch); Franclemont, 1983: 117. [misspelling]; Grammia edwardsi (Stretch); Ferguson & Opler, 2006: 10. [misspelling]
Conservation Status
Missing or Extinct (NatureServe, 2026)
Last record: 1920's (source); 23 July 1966 (unconfirmed) (Schmidt, 2009)
Distribution & Habitat
California (& Oregon?), USA
A later specimen collected from Skookum Meadows, Klamath County, Oregon on 23 July 1966 may refer to this species despite minor differences (Schmidt, 2009).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Stretch, R. H. (1872-1873 [1874]). Illustrations of the Zyga-enidae and Bombycidae of North America. Vol 1, part 1–9.San Francisco, CA.
Other references:
Ferguson, D. C. and Opler, P. A. (2006). Checklist of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Insecta) of the continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1299: 1-33.
Hodges, R. W. et al. (eds.). (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey Limited and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London. 284 pp.
Lafontaine, J. D. and Fibiger, M. (2006). Revised higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist 138: 610-635.
Lafontaine, J. D. and Schmidt, B. Christian. (2010). Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 1-239.
NatureServe. (2026). Apantesis edwardsii: a tiger moth. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 1 November 2026]
Pohl, G. R. and Nanz, S. R. (eds.). (2023). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California. xiv + 580 pp.
Schmidt, B. Christian. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 507-597.
Schmidt, B. Christian, Lafontaine, J. D. and Troubridge, J. T. (2018). Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV. In: Schmidt B. C. and Lafontaine J. D. (eds.). Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VII. ZooKeys 788: 241-252. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=28500
Schmidt, B. Christian and Opler, P. A. (2008). Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1-23.
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