Arctia lapponica
Species of moth
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Arctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1791. It is found in northern Eurasia and the Arctic part of North America.
| Arctia lapponica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. lapponica |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctia lapponica (Thunberg, 1791) | |
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The wingspan is 37–45 mm.
The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.
This species was formerly a member of the genus Pararctia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia.[1][2]
Subspecies
- Arctia lapponica lapponica (Polar Eurasia)
- Arctia lapponica lemniscata (Stichel, 1911) (mountains of eastern Yakutia)
- Arctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)
- Arctia lapponica gibsoni (Bang-Haas, 1927)