Arctia
| Arctia | |
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| Arctia caja imago | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885 | |
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. It is the type genus of all these Arcti- taxa.
Species
The species of Arctia consist of the main caja group, some more distantly related species which presently form monotypic "groups", and one species that might not actually belong here:
caja group:
- Arctia brachyptera Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000
- Arctia caja – Garden Tiger Moth, Great Tiger Moth
- Arctia (caja) martinhoneyi Dubatolov & Gurko, 2005
- Arctia olschwangi Dubatolov, 1990
- Arctia opulenta H. Edwards, 1881
Monotypic "groups":
- Arctia flavia – Yellow Tiger Moth
- Arctia intercalaris Eversmann, 1843
- Arctia rueckbeili
- Arctia festiva – Hebe Tiger Moth (sometimes separated in Eucharia)
Formerly placed here
Many more of the Arctiinae were initially placed in this genus. Species moved out of Arctia more recently include:
- Andesobia jelskii
- Epicallia villica – Cream-spot Tiger
- Oroncus ladakensis O.Bang-Haas, 1927
- Oroncus weigerti (de Freina & Witt, 1985)
References
Media related to Arctia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Arctia at Wikispecies