Biology:Borearctia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia Dubatolov, 1984 |
| Species: | B. menetriesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846)
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Borearctia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1984. Its only species, Borearctia menetriesii, or Menetries' tiger moth, was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846.[1] It is found in Karelia, Oktyabrskoe, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Evenkia, Yakutia, the central Amur region, Primorsky Krai and central Sakhalin. It was believed to be extinct in Fennoscandia, but the species has been recently recorded in Finland . This species is characterized by the fact that they never come to light; such behavior is atypical in the family Arctiidae.
Larvae feed on Aconitum rubicundum, Taraxacum, Plantago and Polygonum species.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/borearctia/. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Record of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) larva on Aconitum rubicundum Fischer (Ranunculaceae) in Eastern Siberia"
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=4097.0. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
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Further reading
- Data about all species records were summarized in the paper: Bolotov, I. N.; Gofarov, M. Yu.; Kolosova, Yu. S. & Frolov, A. A. (2013). "Occurrence of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Northern European Russia: a new locality in a disjunct species range". Nota Lepidopterologica. 36 (1): 65–75.
External links
- Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera
- Records from Finland
- Conservation ecology of Borearctia menetriesii
- Fauna Europaea
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