| Acerbia alpina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Genus: | Acerbia |
| Species: | A. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acerbia alpina (Quensel, 1802) |
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Acerbia alpina is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and north-western Canada.
The wingspan is 42-50 mm.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Vaccinium and Salix herbacea.