Biology:Grammia quenseli

Short description: Species of moth

Labrador tiger moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Grammia
Species:	G. quenseli
Binomial name
Grammia quenseli (Paykull, 1791)
Synonyms
Bombyx quenseli Paykull, 1793 Apantesis quenseli Bombyx strigosa Fabricius, 1793 Euprepia gelida Möschler, 1849 Chelonia quenseli ab. falloui Jourdhuil, 1866 Arctia quenseli var. gelida Schøyen, 1880 Apantesis quenselii var. norvegica Strand, 1919 Apantesis quenseli gelida Orodemnias quenselii daisetsuzana Matsumura, 1927

Grammia quenseli, the Labrador tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. In Central Europe the species is found in the Central Alps at altitudes of 2,000–2,700 metres (6,600–8,900 ft). They are also present in Northern Scandinavia. It is widely distributed in Polar Eurasia, mountains of Siberia, Mongolia, North China , Japan (Mt. Daisetsu on Hokkaido), Polar North America.

The wingspan is 26–42 millimetres (1.0–1.7 in).

The larvae feed on Alchemilla alpina and Plantago alpina.

Subspecies

• Grammia quenseli gelida (Möschler, 1848)
• Grammia quenseli liturata (Ménétriès, 1859)
• Grammia quenseli quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
• Grammia quenseli saura Dubatolov, 2007 (Kazakhstan)
• Grammia quenseli zamolodchikovi Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2001 (Russia: Wrangel Island)
• Grammia quenseli daisetsuzana (Matsumura, 1927) (Japan: Mt. Daisetsu)

External links

• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Fauna Europaea

Wikidata ☰ Q1531231 entry