Arctia | |
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Arctia caja imago | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Arctiina |
Genus: | Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
Synonyms | |
AmmobiotaWallengren, 1885 Contents |
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. [1] Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
As a result of phylogenetic studies by Rönkä et al. in 2016, the following genera were determined to be synonyms with Arctia, and their species were reclassified in this genus. [2]
Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons where the first two joints are hairy. Antennae bipectinated in male, with short branches swollen at extremity, and with a terminal bristle, whereas female has serrate. Legs hairy with hind tibia bears two spur pairs. Forewings rather short and broad. [3]
These species belong to the genus Arctia: [2] [4] [5]
The Arctiina are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Chelis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. There are more than 30 described species in Chelis, found in the holarctic.
Arctia villica, the cream-spot tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula across western and southern Europe, Anatolia, western and northern Iran, western Siberia, southwestern Asia and North Africa.
Arctia alpina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Arctia churkini is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis, Ivinskis and Witt in 2003 and is endemic to Kyrgyzstan.
Arctia cornuta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis, Ivinskis and Witt in 2004. It is found in the Turkestan Mountains at the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border.
Arctia seitzi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1910. It is found in central Asia, including Kazakhstan and Kirghizia.
Arctia ornata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1896. It is found in the Russian Far East and Mongolia.
Chelis ammosovi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Vladimir O. Gurko in 2002. It is found in Sichuan, China.
Chelis glaphyra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1843. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the central Tien Shan and China (Xinjiang).
Chelis golbecki is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range of Central Asia.
Chelis gracilis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the Chatkal Mountains and Kyrgyzstan.
Chelis gratiosa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in the western Tien Shan, the Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Hissar, Trans-Alai, the Pamir Mountains, Pakistan, Kashmir and western China.
Chelis marxi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927. It is found in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Chelis mira is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Yuri A. Tshistjakov in 1989. It is found in the south-eastern Altai Mountains.
Chelis rasa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis, Ivinskis and Churkin in 2000. It is found in China.
Chelis turkestana is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the Turkestan Range in Central Asia.
Chelis kashmirica is a species of tiger moth in the family Erebidae. It was formerly a member of the genus Palearctia.