Biology:Arctia oberthueri

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Short description: Species of moth

Arctia oberthueri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. oberthueri
Binomial name
Arctia oberthueri
(Oberthür, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Atlantarctia oberthueri (Oberthür, 1890)
  • Chelonia oberthueri Oberthür, 1890

Arctia oberthueri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1890. It is found in Algeria and Tunisia.[1]

This species, along with the others of the genus Atlantarctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Atlantarctia oberthueri (Oberthür, 1890)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/atlantarctia/. Retrieved August 6, 2019. 
  2. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15636582 entry