''Arctia ladakensis'' is a moth of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by

Otto Bang-Haas Otto Bang-Haas (20 January 1882, Dresden – 30 July 1948, Dresden) was a German entomologist and insect dealer. His collection of microlepidoptera is in the National Museum of Denmark and of Coleoptera in the Natural History Museum of Giacomo Do ...

in 1927. It is found in Tibet and Xinjiang in China.Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
/ref> This species, along with the others of the genus ''Oroncus'', was moved to ''

Arctia ''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. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lank ...

'' as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.

References

* Spilosomina Moths described in 1927 Moths of Asia Taxa named by Otto Bang-Haas {{Spilosomina-stub