Showy Holomelina

Virbia ostenta

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Virbia ostenta, the showy holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the mountain ranges of New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.

Distribution

Showy Holomelina — (c) Sue Carnahan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 43Mexico · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Sue Carnahan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionVirbia ostenta, Wikipedia contributors

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