Hyperborea (moth)

Hyperborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Hyperborea
Grum-Grshimailo, 1900
Species: H. czekanowskii
Binomial name
Hyperborea czekanowskii
Synonyms
  • Hyperborea czecanousci Hampson, 1920

Hyperborea is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The females are brachypterous (have reduced wings). The genus contains only one species, Hyperborea czekanowskii, which is found in the Russian Far East (Nzhnyaya Tunguska river, northern Yakutia, Kolyma river, Koryakia, Chukotka, Wrangel Island, Kamchatka, Stanovoi, Udokan) and Alaska.[1]

The wingspan is about 37 mm.[2]

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