Biology:Acerbia alpina
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Short description: Species of moth
Acerbia alpina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Arctia |
Species: | A. alpina
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Binomial name | |
Acerbia alpina (Quensel, 1802)
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Synonyms | |
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Acerbia alpina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and north-western Canada .
Its wingspan is 42–50 mm.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Vaccinium and Salix herbacea.
Subspecies
- Acerbia alpina alpina
- Acerbia alpina johanseni (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
- Acerbia alpina severa Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2004 (Kodar Mountains in Siberia)
- Acerbia alpina siberica O. Bang-Haas, 1927 (Siberia)
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q948497 entry