Palerontobia

Palerontobia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Palerontobia
Dubatolov, 2008
Species: P. kozlovi
Binomial name
Palerontobia kozlovi
Dubatolov, 2008

Palerontobia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus includes only one species, Palerontobia kozlovi, which is found in north-eastern Tibet (China, Qinghai).[1] The scientific name consists of two parts, "Pale," is a part of the genus name Palearctia, and "rontobia," is a part of the genus name Orontobia. The species is named after Pyotr Kozlov, a disciple of Nikolay Przhevalsky, who first collected the Holotype in 1900.

Description

Has similar external characteristics as the species O. dalailama de Freina: head covered in long shaggy hairs; palpi porrect, short, with long hairs; eyes small and oval, without hairs, on a hairless Sclerite.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Dubatolov, Vladimir V. (2008). "Palerontobia kozlovi - a new species and genus of high mountain tiger-moth from Qinghai" (PDF). Atalanta. Würzburg, Germany. 39: 351–355. ISSN 0171-0079 via Landes Museum.


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