Chelis beanii

Chelis beanii, or Bean's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1891. It is found in the Rocky Mountains, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia and southern Montana. The habitat consists of open forests, subalpine meadows and parklands.

Bean's tiger moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. beanii
Binomial name
Chelis beanii
(Neumoegen, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Neoarctia beanii (Neumoegen, 1891)
  • Antarctia beanii Neumoegen, 1891
  • Phgragmtobia var. fuscosa Neumoegen, 1891

The length of the forewings is 16–17 mm. The forewings are smoky medium to dark rose with wide darker rosy brown-grey lines. The hindwings are lighter clear to smoky rose pink, marked by a darker rosy grey discal spot and median line. Adults are on wing from mid-July to mid-August.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants.[1]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Neoarctia, but was moved to Chelis along with the other species of the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, and Hyperborea.[2][3]

References
  1. Pacific Northwest Moths
  2. 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.
  3. Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.


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