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Arctia tancrei

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Species of moth

Arctia tancrei
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. tancrei
Binomial name
Arctia tancrei
Staudinger, 1887
Synonyms
  • Oroncus tancrei (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Phragmatobia urania Püngeler, 1904
  • Oroncus tancrei urania
  • Oroncus alaica O. Bang-Haas, 1927
  • Oroncus fasciata O. Bang-Haas, 1927

Arctia tancrei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1887. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.

This species, along with the others of the genus Oroncus, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.

Subspecies

  • Arctia tancrei tancrei (Kyrghyzstan: Inner and Central Tien Shan; China: Xinjiang)
  • Arctia tancrei alaica O.Bang-Haas, 1927 (Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: Turkestan mountain range; Kyrghyzstan: Alai; Trans-Alai: Zaalaiskii Mountains; Tajikistan: Pamir Mountains)
  • Arctia tancrei fasciata O.Bang-Haas, 1927 (eastern Kazakhstan: Dzhungarian Alatau Mountains)

References

  1. Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  2. Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
Taxon identifiers
Oroncus tancrei


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