Arctia mirifica

Arctia mirifica
Photograph of the moth with brown patterns on a background of yellow on the top wing and orange on the bottom wing
Arctia mirifica
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. mirifica
Binomial name
Arctia mirifica
(Oberthür, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)
  • Chelonia mirifica Oberthür, 1892
  • Preparctia romanovi mirifica

Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India.[1][2]

This species, along with the others of the genus Preparctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  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.


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