''Micrarctia'' is a

tiger moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

genus in the family Erebidae described by Seitz in 1910. The genus currently contains two species. Both species are found in central to western China, including the Chinese provinces of

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

and

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Taxonomy

In the 20th century, this genus name was used for many small tiger moths from different subtribes, which were later separated into their own genera: ''Palearctia'', ''Sibirarctia'', ''Sinoarctia'', ''

Lithosarctia ''Lithosarctia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz Daniel in 1954. The moths in the genus are from western China and Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, ...

'', '' Sinowatsonia''.

Species

Micrarctia trigona ''Micrarctia'' is a tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Seitz in 1910. The genus currently contains two species. Both species are found in central to western China, including the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan. Taxonom ...

'' (Leech, 1899) :

Micrarctia kautti ''Micrarctia'' is a tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Seitz in 1910. The genus currently contains two species. Both species are found in central to western China, including the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan. Taxonom ...

'' Saldaitis & Pekarsky, 2015

References

* Arctiina Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia {{Arctiina-stub