Juxtarctia

Juxtarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus is contains only two species, with Juxtarctia multiguttata being described by Francis Walker in 1855, which is endemic for the Himalayas, and Juxtarctia lizae from Laos.

Juxtarctia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Juxtarctia
Kirti & Kaleka, 2002
Type species
Juxtarctia bispinuatus
Kirti & Kaleka, 2002

Species

  • Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855) (see junior synonym Juxtarctia bispinuatus Kirti & Kaleka, 2002)
  • Juxtarctia lizae Černý, 2014

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1–106, Marktleuthen.
  • Kirti, J.S. & Kaleka, A.S., 2002: A new genus and two new species of Arctiinae, Arctiidae: Lepidoptera, from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 99 (1): 79–85, Mumbai.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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