Arctia yarrowii

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Yarrow's tiger moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. yarrowii
Binomial name
Arctia yarrowii
Stretch, 1874
Synonyms
  • Pararctia yarrowii(Stretch, 1874)
  • Arctia remissaH. Edwards, 1888

Arctia yarrowii, or Yarrow's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in North America from Hudson Bay to British Columbia and northern Arizona. [1] The habitat consists of barren rocky fellfields and slides above the timberline. These moths are also found in the Pacific Northwest. [2]

The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-July to mid-August. [3]

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants. [4]

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. [5] [6]

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References

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  2. "Arctia yarrowii (Stretch, 1873)". Pacific Northwest Moths.
  3. Robinson, E. & Schmidt, B. C. "Species Details: Pararctia yarrowii". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  4. "Arctia yarrowii (Stretch, 1873)". Pacific Northwest Moths.
  5. 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 .
  6. 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.