Biology:Arctia brachyptera

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Short description: Species of moth

Arctia brachyptera

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. brachyptera
Binomial name
Arctia brachyptera
Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000

Arctia brachyptera, the Kluane tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James T. Troubridge and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2000 and is only known from the Yukon in Canada . It occurs in alpine tundra of the Saint Elias Mountains.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15636479 entry