Biology:Arctiites

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Short description: Single-species extinct genus of moths


Arctiites
Arctia villica MHNT.jpg
Arctia villica
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Arctiites

Rebel 1898
Species:
A. deletus
Binomial name
Arctiites deletus
Rebel, 1898

Arctiites is an extinct monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species is Arctiites deletus. Both the genus and the species were described by Hans Rebel in 1889. The species was described from Gabbro near Pisa in Italy. It is dated to the Miocene.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4787608 entry