Arctia brachyptera
| Arctia brachyptera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. brachyptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctia brachyptera Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000
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Arctia brachyptera, the Kluane tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James T. Troubridge and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2000 and is only known from the Yukon in Canada. It occurs in alpine tundra of the Saint Elias Mountains.
The length of the forewings is about 18 mm. The forewings are mouse brown with off white adbasal, basal, medial, postmedial and subterminal lines. The hindwings are pinkish orange to pinkish brown. Adults have been recorded in late June.[1]
Etymology
The species name refers to the reduced wing size of the female.
References
- ^ Two new species of Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) from the Yukon Territory, Canada Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine