Chelis gracilis

Chelis gracilis
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. gracilis
Binomial name
Chelis gracilis
(Dubatolov, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Palearctia gracilis Dubatolov, 1996
  • Palearctia erschoffi miranda Plustsch & Dolin, 2000
  • Palearctia erschoffi arcana Plustsch & Dolin, 2000

Chelis gracilis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the Chatkal Mountains and Kyrgyzstan.[1]

This species was moved from the genus Palearctia to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.[2][3]

Subspecies

  • Chelis gracilis gracilis
  • Chelis gracilis arcana (Plustsch & Dolin, 2000) (Kyrgyzstan)

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia gracilis Dubatolov, 1996". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  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.
  3. ^ Saldaitis, Aidas; Volynkin, Anton V. (2020). "On the taxonomy of the Chelis glaphyra (Eversmann, 1843) speciesgroup, with description of a new subspecies of Chelis gratiosa (GrumGrshimailo, 1890) from Kyrgyzstan, brachipterous females of Chelis kashmirica (Ferguson, 1985) and Chelis golbecki..." Ecologica Montenegrina. 38. doi:10.37828/em.2020.38.7.


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