''Chionarctia'' is a

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of tiger moths in 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'') ...

erected by Nobutoyo Kôda in 1859. The moths in the genus are found in east Asia.

Species

*'' Chionarctia nivea'' (Ménétriés, 1859) *'' Chionarctia pura'' (Leech, 1899)

References

* , 1990: New taxa of tiger moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae) from the Palearctic. 2-nd report. ''In'': ''Taxonomy of insects and helminths'': 89-101, Nauka, Siberian Department: Novosibirsk. (Series “New and little known species of Siberian fauna”, No. 22) (in Russian). * , 1988: A Generic Classification of the Subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the Male and Female Genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part II. ''Tyô to Ga'' 39 (1): 1-79, Tokyo.

External links

* Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub