Biology:Chelis lafontainei

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Short description: Species of moth

Chelis lafontainei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. lafontainei
Binomial name
Chelis lafontainei
(Ferguson, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Neoarctia lafontainei Ferguson, 1995

Chelis lafontainei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1995. It is found in Canada's Northwest Territories.[1][2]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Neoarctia, but was moved to Chelis along with the other species of the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, and Hyperborea.[3][4]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Neoarctia lafontainei Ferguson, 1985". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/neoarctia/#lafontainei. Retrieved March 17, 2018. 
  2. "930237.00 – 8160.1 – Chelis lafontainei – (Ferguson, 1985)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8160.1. Retrieved March 17, 2018. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13531247 entry