Arctia opulenta

Arctia opulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Arctia
Species: A. opulenta
Binomial name
Arctia opulenta
(Edwards, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euprepia opulenta H. Edwards, 1881
  • Arctia virginivir Dyar, 1923
  • Arctia caja parva Rothschild, 1910

Arctia opulenta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found from Alaska[2] through northern British Columbia to Manitoba. The habitat consists of arctic tundra and alpine and subalpine tundra.

The length of the forewings is about 25 mm. The forewings are white with dark brown grey markings. The hindwings are red with a black discal spot and a series of round black spots filled with metallic blue scales.

The larvae feed on Salix species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Arctia at funet
  3. ↑ PNW Moths
  • Dyar, H.G., 1923: New American Lepidoptera. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 11 (1-3): 12-30.
  • Edwards, Henry, 1881: Descriptions of new species and varieties of Arctiidæ. Papilio 1 (3): 38-39.
  • Rothschild, W., 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17 (1): 1-85, (2): 113-188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury.


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