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Actebia balanitis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[1] It is found from north-east Alaska and western Yukon east to east central Saskatchewan and north central South Dakota, south to northern Colorado and west to central Washington and the dry interior of British Columbia. The wingspan is 36–40 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.[2]

Actebia balanitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Actebia
Species:
A. balanitis
Binomial name
Actebia balanitis
(Grote, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Protexarnis balanitis Grote, 1873

This species has previously been confused with the Palearctic species Actebia squalida, which led to A. squalida to be misreported from North America.[3]

The larvae probably feed on various grasses.


References


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  1. "Actebia balanitis (Grote, 1873)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. Anweiler, G. G. (February 16, 2005). "Species Details Actebia balanitis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. Pohl, Gregory R.; Cannings, Robert A.; Landry, Jean-François; Holden, David G. & Scudder, Geoffrey G. E. (11 November 2015). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada. ISBN 9781483435176. Retrieved 29 February 2016 – via Google Books.


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