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Arctia lapponica

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Arctia lapponica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pararctia
Species:
P. lapponica
Binomial name
Pararctia lapponica
(Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx lapponica Thunberg, 1791
  • Hyphoraia lapponica
  • Bombyx festiva Borkhausen, 1790
  • Bombyx avia Hübner, [1808]
  • Hyphoraia festiva rosea Sheljuzhko, 1929
  • Arctia festiva lemniscata Stichel, 1911
  • Euprepia hyperboreus Curtis, 1835

Pararctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Eurasia and the arctic part of North America.

The wingspan is 37–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.

Subspecies

  • Pararctia lapponica lapponica (Polar Eurasia)
  • Pararctia lapponica lemniscata (Stichel, 1911) (mountains of eastern Yakutia)
  • Pararctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)
  • Pararctia lapponica gibsoni (Bang-Haas, 1927)


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