Virbia nigricans (Reakirt, 1864:371)
Dark moth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Crocota nigricans Reakirt 1864:371; Holomelina nigricans Reakirt, 1864:371; Holomelina nigrifera Walker, 1865
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1960's
Metzler & lucas (1990) list a record on 22 May 1982 from Vinton County, Ohio, but this is not recognised by NatureServe (which only lists New Jersey and Pennsylvania as the distribution).
Distribution
New Jersey & Pennsylvania, USA
Metzler & lucas (1990) list a record on 22 May 1982 from Vinton County, Ohio, but this is not recognised by NatureServe (which only lists New Jersey and Pennsylvania as the distribution).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Reakirt, T. (1864). Contributions towards a monograph of the genus Crocota. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 371-373.
Other references:
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. C. (2010). Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40:1-239.
Metzler, Eric H. and Lucas, Vincent P. (1990). An Endangered Moth in Ohio, With Notes on Other Species of Special Concern (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae and Arctiidae). Ohio J. Sci. 90(1): 33-40.
Muller, J. (1965). Supplemental list of macrolepidoptera of New Jersey. J.N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: 63-77.
Schmidt, B. C. and Opler, P. A. (2008). Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1-23.
Schweitzer, Dale F. Terrestrial Invertebrate Zoologist, NatureServe. Port Norris, NJ.
Zaspel, J. M and Weller, S. J. (2006). Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeograph. Zootaxa 1159: 1-68.
Zaspel, J. M, Weller, S. J. and Cardé, R. T. (2008). A Review of Virbia (Formerly Holomelina) of America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctinii). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(3): 59-118.