Biology:Dodia albertae

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Short description: Species of moth

Dodia albertae

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dodia
Species:
D. albertae
Binomial name
Dodia albertae
Dyar, 1901
Synonyms
  • Hypocrita atra Bang-Haas, 1912
  • Hyperborea kozhantshikovi Sheljuzhko, 1918

Dodia albertae is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1901.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Canada, Alaska,[3][5] Siberia west to the Urals, and Mongolia.[3]

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in).[4] Adults are on wing from June to July.[5] It occurs in wet subarctic and subalpine tundra and boreal peat bog habitats.[4]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:[2][3]

  • Dodia albertae albertae – North America and Asia
  • Dodia albertae atra (Bang-Haas, 1912) – Asia
  • Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988 – Asia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Dodia albertae Alberta Tiger Moth". NatureServe. 24 November 2016. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116174/Dodia_albertae. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Dodia albertae Dyar, 1901". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/507032. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Savela, Markku. "Dodia Dyar, 1901". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/dodia/#albertae. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Schmidt, Christian; Macaulay, Douglas (2009). "A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada". ZooKeys 9: 79–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.150. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Species Details Dodia albertae". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-214. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5287933 entry