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Virbia marginata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

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Virbia marginata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Druce in 1885. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, New Mexico and Arizona.

The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The male forewings are clay and the hindwings are yellow ocher. The female forewings are cinnamon with a faint olive brown discal spot. The hindwings are flesh ochre.

References

Virbia marginata Wikipedia