Summary ²

Platyprepia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It contains only one species, Platyprepia virginalis, Ranchman's Tiger-moth, which is found in western North America, ranging from southern Monterrey Bay in California across Nevada and southern Utah to Colorado and north to southern British Columbia. The habitat consists of wet lowland prairies, wet meadows, wet forests and in riparian zones along creeks in dry desert regions.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyprepia_virginalis

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