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Arctia alpina

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Arctia alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. alpina
Binomial name
Acerbia alpina
(Quensel, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx alpina Quensel, 1802
  • Arctia alpina (Quensel in Acerbi, 1802)
  • Arctia thulea Dalman, 1823

Acerbia 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 north-western Canada.

Its wingspan is 42–50 mm.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Vaccinium and Salix herbacea.

Subspecies

  • Acerbia alpina alpina
  • Acerbia alpina johanseni (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
  • Acerbia alpina severa Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2004 (Kodar Mountains in Siberia)
  • Acerbia alpina siberica O. Bang-Haas, 1927 (Siberia)

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