Arctia lapponica (original) (raw)

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Species of moth

Arctia lapponica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species: A. lapponica
Binomial name
Arctia lapponica(Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
Pararctia lapponica (Thunberg, 1791) Bombyx lapponica Thunberg, 1791 Hyphoraia lapponica Bombyx festiva Borkhausen, 1790 Bombyx avia Hübner, [1808] Hyphoraia festiva rosea Sheljuzhko, 1929 Arctia festiva lemniscata Stichel, 1911 Euprepia hyperboreus Curtis, 1835

Arctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1791. It is found in northern Eurasia and the Arctic part of North America.

The wingspan is 37–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.

This species was formerly a member of the genus Pararctia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
  2. ^ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.