Arctia ladakensis

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Arctia ladakensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. ladakensis
Binomial name
Arctia ladakensis
(O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Oroncus ladakensisBang-Haas, 1927
  • Arctia ladakensisDubatolov, 1996

Arctia ladakensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927. It is found in Tibet and Xinjiang in China. [1] [2]

This species, along with the others of the genus Oroncus, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016. [3]

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Arctia gurkoi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2004. It is found in Pakistan and possibly Xinjiang, China.

Arctia allardi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1911. It is found in China.

Arctia buddenbrocki is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Kotzsch in 1929. It is found in Gansu and southern Shaanxi, both in China.

Arctia cupido is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Yasunori Kishida in 1995. It is found in Nepal.

Arctia hannyngtoni is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and Nepal.

Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India.

Arctia romanovi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1891. It is found in the north-western Chinese province of Qinghai.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Oroncus ladakensis Bang-Haas, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  3. 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 .