Chelis lafontainei

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Chelis lafontainei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. lafontainei
Binomial name
Chelis lafontainei
(Ferguson, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Neoarctia lafontaineiFerguson, 1995

Chelis lafontainei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1995. It is found in Canada's Northwest Territories. [1] [2]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Neoarctia, but was moved to Chelis along with the other species of the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, and Hyperborea. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Neoarctia lafontainei Ferguson, 1985". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  2. "930237.00 – 8160.1 – Chelis lafontainei – (Ferguson, 1985)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  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 .
  4. 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.