Hyperborea (moth)

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Hyperborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Micrarctiini
Genus: Hyperborea
Grum-Grshimailo, 1900
Species: H. czekanowskii
Binomial name
Hyperborea czekanowskii
Grum-Grshimailo, 1900
Synonyms
  • Hyperborea czecanousci Hampson, 1920

Hyperborea is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Arctiidae with brachypterous females. The genus contains only one species, Hyperborea czekanowskii, which is found in the Russian Far East (Nzhnyaya Tunguska river, northern Yakutia, Kolyma river, Koryakia, Chukotka, Wrangel Island, Kamchatka, Stanovoi, Udokan) and Alaska.[1]

The wingspan is about 37 mm.[2]

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