Biology:Arctia subnebulosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Arctia subnebulosa

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. subnebulosa
Binomial name
Arctia subnebulosa
(Dyar, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Pararctia subnebulosa (Dyar, 1899)
  • Hyphoraia subnebulosa Dyar, 1899
  • Pararctia tundrana Tshistjakov, 1990

Arctia subnebulosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1899. It is found in Alaska, Yukon and the Russian Far East.[1]

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.[2][3]

Subspecies

  • Arctia subnebulosa subnebulosa (Alaska, Yukon)
  • Arctia subnebulosa tundrana Tshistjakov, 1990 (Polar Urals, Yamal, Gydan, Taymyr, Polar Yakutia, Chukotka, northern Koryakia)

References

  1. Pararctia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2018ZooK..788..241S. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13531067 entry