---
title: "Orange Virbia Moth"
description: "Virbia aurantiaca — Insetti e ragni. Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the family Erebidae found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/orange-virbia-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange Virbia Moth

> Virbia aurantiaca — Insetti e ragni. Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the  family Erebidae found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Virbia aurantiaca*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9327
- Wikidata: [Q28607947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28607947)
- iNaturalist taxon: [196525](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/196525)

## Names

- en: Orange Virbia Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (3098), CA (95), MX (24)

## Summary

Virbia aurantiaca, the orange holomelina, is a moth species of the  family Erebidae found in North America. In the east it has been recorded from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south along the eastern seaboard to Cordoba in Mexico. It has also been recorded from Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
The length of the forewings is about 10 mm for males and 9.7 mm for females.
Larvae have been reared on dandelion and plantain species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virbia_aurantiaca

## Photo

![Orange Virbia Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-virbia-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226605610

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-virbia-moth?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).