Biology:Centrarctia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Centrarctia
Centrarctia mongolica.jpg
A female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Centrarctia
Dubatolov, 1990
Species:
C. mongolica
Binomial name
Centrarctia mongolica
(Alphéraky, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Arctia mongolica Alphéraky, 1888
  • Palearctia mongolica
  • Arctia serarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1899
  • Arctia serum Grum-Grshimailo, 1902

Centrarctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1990. The genus contains a single species, Centrarctia mongolica, described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1888, found in the Gobi Desert and neighboring arid territories.

The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4287403 entry