''Chelis puengeleri'' 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 northern
Scandinavia,
Russia,
Mongolia and
Alaska.
The
wingspan is 31–37 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on ''
Salix herbacea''.
Norwegian Moths
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This species was formerly a member of the genus ''Holoarctia'', but was moved to ''Chelis'' along with the other species of the genera ''Holoarctia'', ''Neoarctia'', and ''Hyperborea''.[
]
Subspecies
*''Chelis puengeleri puengeleri''
*''Chelis puengeleri fridolini'' (Torstenius, 1971)
*''Chelis puengeleri iremelica'' Dubatolov, 2007 (Russia: Chelyabinsk Province)
*''Chelis puengeleri perunovi'' Dubatolov, 1990 (Russia: South Siberian Mountains, north-western Mongolia)
*''Chelis puengeleri sibirica'' Dubatolov, 2007 (Russia: Yakutia)
References
*
Arctiina
Moths described in 1927
Taxa named by Otto Bang-Haas
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