Arctia menetriesii

Arctia menetriesii, the Menetries' tiger moth, is a species of tiger moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846.[1] It is found in Karelia, Oktyabrskoe, northeastern Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Evenkia, Yakutia, the central Amur region, Primorsky Krai and central Sakhalin. It was believed to be extinct in Fennoscandia, but the species has been recently recorded in Finland. This species is characterized by the fact that they never come to light; such behavior is atypical in the family Arctiidae.

Last instar larva

Menetries' tiger moth
Female
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. menetriesii
Binomial name
Arctia menetriesii
(Eversmann, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann 1846)
  • Borearctia menetriesi (Eversmann 1846)
  • Euprepia menetriesii Eversmann, 1846
  • ?Callimorpha principalis Fang Cheng-Lai, 1984

Larvae feed on Aconitum rubicundum, Taraxacum, Plantago and Polygonum species.[2]

This species was formerly the sole member of the genus Borearctia, but was transferred to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. "Record of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) larva on Aconitum rubicundum Fischer (Ranunculaceae) in Eastern Siberia"
  3. 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.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
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Further reading
  • Data about all species records were summarized in the paper: Bolotov, I. N.; Gofarov, M. Yu.; Kolosova, Yu. S. & Frolov, A. A. (2013). "Occurrence of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Northern European Russia: a new locality in a disjunct species range". Nota Lepidopterologica. 36 (1): 65–75.


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