Micrarctia
| Micrarctia trigona | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Micrarctiina |
| Genus: | Micrarctia Seitz, 1910 |
| Species: | M. trigona |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrarctia trigona (Leech, 1899) | |
Micrarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It includes a single species, M. trigona (Leech), from Chinese Qinghai and Sichuan.
Taxonomy
In the 20th century, this genus name was used for many small tiger moths from different subtribes, which were later separated into their own genera: Palearctia, Sibirarctia, Sinoarctia, Lithosarctia, Sinowatsonia.
References
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