Panthea virginarius

Panthea virginarius, the Cascades panthea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is mainly found west and north of the Great Basin, from the coast of southern California northward to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia and the Alaskan Panhandle, eastward to central California, northern Nevada, Idaho, north-western Wyoming, western Montana, and south-western Alberta. A disjunct population is found in the Cypress Hills of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Panthea virginarius
Panthea virginarius male (top), female (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Panthea
Species:
P. virginarius
Binomial name
Panthea virginarius
(Grote, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Panthea potlandia
  • Biston virginarius Grote, 1880
  • Lycia virginaria
  • Panthea virginaria (Grote, 1880)
  • Panthea angelica (Dyar, 1921)
  • Panthea portlandia (Grote, 1896)
  • Panthea suffusa McDunnough, 1942

The species is highly variable in both size and colour; the angelica and portlandia forms for example were considered separate species up to 2009.

The larvae feed on Pseudotsuga menziesii and other conifers.


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