Apocrisias

Apocrisias thaumasta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Apocrisias
Franclemont, 1966
Species: A. thaumasta
Binomial name
Apocrisias thaumasta
Franclemont, 1966

Apocrisias is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. It contains the single species Apocrisias thaumasta, which is found in southern Arizona.[1]

The wingspan is 49-56 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from July to August.[2]

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