Chelis sordida

Chelis sordida
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Chelis
Species:	C. sordida
Binomial name
Chelis sordida (McDunnough, 1921)
Synonyms
Holoarctia sordida(McDunnough, 1921) Neoarctia sordidaMcDunnough, 1921

Chelis sordida is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1921. It is found in the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia and possibly Yukon and Alaska. The habitat consists of dry rocky alpine tundra.

The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing from July to mid-August. ^[1]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Holoarctia, but was moved to Chelis along with the other species of the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, and Hyperborea. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Holoarctia sordida (McDunnough, 1921)". Pacific Northwest Moths. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
2. 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. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..844R. doi: 10.1111/syen.12194 . hdl: 10138/176841 .
3. 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. Bibcode:2018ZooK..788..241S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.252.28500 . PMC   6189224 . PMID   30337831.