''Arctia'' is a
genus
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of
tiger moths in the family
Erebidae. Therein, it belongs to the
subtribe Arctiina
The Arctiina are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the tribe Arctiini, within the lichen and tiger moth family Arctiidae. The ranks of the family and its subdivision ...
in the
tribe
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Arctiini
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The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Systematics
The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Arctiinae, within the lichen and tiger moth family, Arctiidae. The ranks of the fami ...
in the
subfamily Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
As a result of phylogenetic studies by Rönkä et al. in 2016, the following genera were determined to be synonyms with ''Arctia'', and their species were reclassified in this genus.
[
:''Acerbia''
:''Ammobiota''
:''Atlantarctia''
:''Borearctia''
:''Callarctia''
:''Chionophila''
:''Eupsychoma''
:''Gonerda''
:''Nemeophila''
:''Oroncus''
:''Pararctia''
:''Platarctia''
:''Platyprepia''
:''Preparctia''
:''Sinoarctia''
]
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons where the first two joints are hairy. Antennae bipectinated in male, with short branches swollen at extremity, and with a terminal bristle, whereas female has serrate. Legs hairy with hind tibia bears two spur pairs. Forewings rather short and broad.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Arctia'':[
: '']Arctia allardi
''Arctia allardi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1911. It is found in China (Sichuan, Qinghai, and eastern Tibet).
The species of the genus ''Preparctia '', including this one, were moved to ''Arctia ...
'' (Oberthür, 1911)
: ''Arctia alpina
''Arctia alpina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Its wingspan is 42–50 mm.
The l ...
'' (Quensel, 1802)
: '' Arctia aulica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Lady-in-Waiting
: '' Arctia brachyptera'' (Troubridge & Lafontaine, 1999) Kluane Tiger Moth
: ''Arctia buddenbrocki
''Arctia buddenbrocki'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Kotzsch in 1929. It is found in Gansu and southern Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part ...
'' (Kotzsch, 1929)
: ''Arctia bundeli
''Arctia bundeli'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Vladimir O. Gurko in 2004. It is found in Tadjikistan (the southwestern Pamirs)., 2004"New Arctiinae species from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan ...
'' (Dubatolov & Gurko, 2004)
: ''Arctia caja
The garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (''Arctia caja'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. ''Arctia caja'' is a northern species found in the US, Canada, and Europe. The moth prefers cold climates with temperate seasonality, as the larvae ove ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Garden Tiger Moth
: ''Arctia churkini
''Arctia churkini'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis, Ivinskis and Witt in 2003 and is endemic to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrg ...
'' (Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Witt, 2003)
: ''Arctia confluens
''Arctia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfam ...
'' (Romanoff, 1884)
: ''Arctia cornuta
''Arctia cornuta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis, Ivinskis and Witt in 2004. It is found in the Turkestan Mountains at the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; ru ...
'' (Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Witt, 2004[ 2004: ''Acerbia cornuta'' spec. nov. and ''Acerbia seitzi micropuncta'' subspec. nov. from Central Asia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3/4): 415-425.)])
: ''Arctia cupido
''Arctia cupido'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Yasunori Kishida in 1995. It is found in Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
स ...
'' (Kishida, 1995)
: ''Arctia dejeani
''Arctia dejeani'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1822. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is 41–42 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Taraxacum'' and ''Plantago'' species.
...
'' (Godart, 1822)
: ''Arctia dido
''Arctia dido'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by M. Wagner in 1841. It is found in Algeria.
The larvae feed on ''Taraxacum
''Taraxacum'' () is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists ...
'' (Wagner, 1841)
: ''Arctia elisabethae
''Arctia elisabethae'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Kotzsch in 1939. It is found in the Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches fr ...
'' (Kotzsch, 1939)
: ''Arctia festiva
''Arctia festiva'', the hebe tiger moth, is a moth species of the family Erebidae. Some authors have separated it in a monotypic genus ''Eucharia''.
It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Near East, Iran, Central Asia, European Russia, South ...
'' (Hufnagel, 1766) Hebe Tiger Moth
: ''Arctia flavia
''Arctia flavia'', the yellow tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1779. It is found in the Alps above the tree level. It also occurs in Balkan mountains (Rila), European Russ ...
'' (Fuessly, 1779)
: ''Arctia forsteri
''Arctia forsteri'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also ref ...
'' (Daniel, 1943)
: ''Arctia gurkoi
''Arctia gurkoi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2004. It is found in Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) and possibly Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerl ...
'' (Dubatolov, 2004)
: ''Arctia hannyngtoni
''Arctia hannyngtoni'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democrat ...
'' (Hampson, 1910)
: ''Arctia intercalaris
''Arctia intercalaris'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1843. It is found in Dzhungarian Alatau, Zailiiskii Alatau, Tien Shan, Alai-Pamirs, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the mountains of A ...
'' (Eversmann, 1843)
: '' Arctia kasnakovi'' (Dubatolov, 1987)
: '' Arctia khumbeli'' (Bang-Haas, 1927)
: '' Arctia kolpakofskii'' (Alpheraky, 1882)
: '' Arctia ladakensis'' (Bang-Haas, 1927)
: '' Arctia lapponica'' (Thunberg, 1791) Lapland Tiger Moth
: '' Arctia marchandi'' (de Freina, 1983)
: '' Arctia martinhoneyi'' (Dubatolov & Gurko, 2005)
: '' Arctia matronula'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
: '' Arctia menetriesii'' (Eversmann, 1846)
: '' Arctia mirifica'' (Oberthur, 1892)
: '' Arctia murzini'' (Dubatolov, 2005)
: '' Arctia oberthueri'' (Oberthür, 1890)
: '' Arctia olschwangi'' (Dubatolov, 1990)
: '' Arctia opulenta'' (Edwards, 1881) Opulent Tiger Moth
: '' Arctia ornata'' (Staudinger, 1896)
: '' Arctia parthenos'' (Harris, 1850) St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
: '' Arctia perornata'' (Moore, 1879)
: '' Arctia plantaginis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Wood Tiger
: '' Arctia romanovi'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
: '' Arctia rueckbeili'' (Pungeler, 1901)
: '' Arctia seitzi'' (Bang-Haas, 1910)
: '' Arctia sieversi'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
: '' Arctia souliei'' (Oberthur, 1903)
: '' Arctia subnebulosa'' (Dyar, 1899)
: '' Arctia tancrei'' (Staudinger, 1887)
: '' Arctia testudinaria'' (Geoffroy, 1785) Patton's Tiger
: '' Arctia thibetica'' (Felder, 1874)
: '' Arctia tigrina'' (Villers, 1789)
: '' Arctia tundrana'' (Tshistjakov, 1990)
: '' Arctia ungemachi'' (Le Cerf, 1924)
: '' Arctia villica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Cream-spot Tiger
: '' Arctia virginalis'' (Boisduval, 1852) Ranchman's Tiger Moth
: '' Arctia weigerti'' (de Freina & Witt, 1985)
: '' Arctia yarrowii'' (Stretch, 1874) Mountain Tiger Moth
References
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Moth genera
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