Chionarctia

Chionarctia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Spilosomina
Genus:Chionarctia
Kôda, 1988[1]
Type species
Dionychopus nivea
Ménétriès, 1859
Synonyms
  • Gigantospilosoma Dubatolov, 1990

Chionarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in East Asia.

Species

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 1990: New taxa of tiger moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae) from the Palearctic. 2-nd report. In: Taxonomy of insects and helmints: 89-101, Nauka, Siberian Department: Novosibirsk. (Series “New and little known species of Siberian fauna”, No. 22) (in Russian).
  • Kôda, N., 1988: A Generic Classification of the Subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the Male and Female Genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part II. Tyô to Ga 39 (1): 1-79, Tokyo.


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