Biology:Palerontobia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Palerontobia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Palerontobia
Dubatolov, 2008
Species:
P. kozlovi
Binomial name
Palerontobia kozlovi
Dubatolov, 2008

Palerontobia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Palerontobia kozlovi, is found in north-eastern Tibet (China, Qinghai). Both the genus and species were first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2008.[1] The generic name consists of two parts: "pale" is a part of the genus name Palearctia, and "rontobia" is a part of the genus name Orontobia. The specific name is after Pyotr Kozlov, a disciple of Nikolay Przhevalsky, who first collected the holotype in 1900.

Description

It has similar external characteristics as the species O. dalailama de Freina: head covered in long shaggy hairs; palpi porrect, short, with long hairs; eyes small and oval, without hairs, on a hairless Sclerite.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7127268 entry