Watsonarctia

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Watsonarctia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Watsonarctia
de Freina & Witt, 1984
Species:
W. deserta
Binomial name
Watsonarctia deserta
(Bartel, 1902)
Synonyms

Generic

  • EucastanaLeraut, 1985
  • EurachiaDubatolov, 1985

Specific

  • Phalaena (Bombyx) castaEsper, 1784, preoccupied
  • Eucharia deserta
  • Arctia casta desertaBartel, 1902
  • Phragmatobia esperiKoçak, 1980
  • Eucharia casta sibiricaKoshantschikov, 1924
  • Watsonarctia callesiGómez Bustillo, 1979

Watsonarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984. Its only species, Watsonarctia deserta, the chaste pellicle, was first described by Max Bartel in 1902. [1] It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, southern Russia, southern Siberia east to Lake Baikal; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang in China. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 26–32 mm.

The larvae feed on Asperula , Achillea and Galium species (including Galium verum and Galium odoratum ).

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References

  1. Mazzei, Paolo; Morel, Daniel & Panfili, Raniero "Watsonarctia deserta (Bartel, 1902)". Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Watsonarctia de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.