Biology:Arctia lapponica

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Short description: Species of moth

Arctia lapponica
Pararctia lapponica01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. lapponica
Binomial name
Arctia lapponica
(Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Pararctia lapponica (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Bombyx lapponica Thunberg, 1791
  • Hyphoraia lapponica
  • Bombyx festiva Borkhausen, 1790
  • Bombyx avia Hübner, [1808]
  • Hyphoraia festiva rosea Sheljuzhko, 1929
  • Arctia festiva lemniscata Stichel, 1911
  • Euprepia hyperboreus Curtis, 1835

Arctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1791. It is found in northern Eurasia and the Arctic part of North America.

The wingspan is 37–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.

This species was formerly a member of the genus Pararctia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia.[1][2]

Subspecies

  • Arctia lapponica lapponica (Polar Eurasia)
  • Arctia lapponica lemniscata (Stichel, 1911) (mountains of eastern Yakutia)
  • Arctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)
  • Arctia lapponica gibsoni (Bang-Haas, 1927)

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. 
  2. 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMID 30337831. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1310472 entry