Grammia quenseli

Grammia quenseli, the Labrador tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. In Central Europe the species is found in the Central Alps at altitudes of 2,000–2,700 metres (6,600–8,900 ft). They are also present in Northern Scandinavia. It is widely distributed in Polar Eurasia, mountains of Siberia, Mongolia, North China, Japan (Mt. Daisetsu on Hokkaido), Polar North America.

Labrador tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Grammia
Species:
G. quenseli
Binomial name
Grammia quenseli
(Paykull, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx quenseli Paykull, 1793
  • Apantesis quenseli
  • Bombyx strigosa Fabricius, 1793
  • Euprepia gelida Möschler, 1849
  • Chelonia quenseli ab. falloui Jourdhuil, 1866
  • Arctia quenseli var. gelida Schøyen, 1880
  • Apantesis quenselii var. norvegica Strand, 1919
  • Apantesis quenseli gelida
  • Orodemnias quenselii daisetsuzana Matsumura, 1927

The wingspan is 26–42 millimetres (1.0–1.7 in).

The larvae feed on Alchemilla alpina and Plantago alpina.

Subspecies
  • Grammia quenseli gelida (Möschler, 1848)
  • Grammia quenseli liturata (Ménétriès, 1859)
  • Grammia quenseli quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
  • Grammia quenseli saura Dubatolov, 2007 (Kazakhstan)
  • Grammia quenseli zamolodchikovi Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2001 (Russia: Wrangel Island)


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