Arctia
| Arctia | |
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| Arctia caja imago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885 | |
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.[1] Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. It is the type genus of all these Arcti- taxa. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons where the first two joints are hairy. Antennae bipectinated in male, with short branches swollen at extremity, and with a terminal bristle, whereas female has serrate. Legs hairy with hind tibia bears two spur pairs. Forewings rather short and broad.[2]
Species
The species of Arctia consist of the main caja group, some more distantly related species which presently form monotypic "groups", and one species that might not actually belong here:
caja group:
- Arctia brachyptera Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000
- Arctia caja – garden tiger moth, great tiger moth
- Arctia (caja) martinhoneyi Dubatolov & Gurko, 2005
- Arctia olschwangi Dubatolov, 1990
- Arctia opulenta H. Edwards, 1881
Monotypic "groups":
- Arctia flavia – yellow tiger moth
- Arctia intercalaris Eversmann, 1843
- Arctia rueckbeili
- Arctia festiva – hebe tiger moth (sometimes separated in Eucharia)
Formerly placed here
Many more of the Arctiinae were initially placed in this genus. Species moved out of Arctia more recently include:
- Andesobia jelskii
- Epicallia villica – cream-spot tiger
- Oroncus ladakensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927
- Oroncus weigerti (de Freina & Witt, 1985)
References
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Arctia Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
