Notarctia arizoniensis
Notarctia arizoniensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Robert Harper Stretch (1837–1926) in 1874. It is found from the south-western United States to Colombia. In the United States, it has been recorded from California, east to western Texas and north to western Colorado and western Wyoming. The habitat consists of wet meadows found in lowland desert regions.
| Notarctia arizoniensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Notarctia |
| Species: | N. arizoniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Notarctia arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874]) | |
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The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. The forewings are black with wide yellow transverse and longitudinal lines. Females are darker yellow than males. The hindwings are pale to dark pink. Adults are on wing in early June and late August, probably in two generations per year.
The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a synonym of Notarctia proxima.[2]