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Achaia Moth

Apantesis ornata

Plate XV — Achaia Moth is Fig. 20
Plate XV — Achaia Moth is Fig. 20

A variable insect to which a number of names have been given. The variety in which the hind wings are yellow is A. ochracea Stretch. The species is found on the Pacific coast. The larval stages have been described by Dyar, Psyche, Vol. V, p. 380, 556.