Pararctia lapponica

Pararctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Eurasia and the arctic part of North America.

Pararctia lapponica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pararctia
Species:
P. lapponica
Binomial name
Pararctia lapponica
(Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx lapponica Thunberg, 1791
  • Hyphoraia lapponica
  • Bombyx festiva Borkhausen, 1790
  • Bombyx avia Hübner, [1808]
  • Hyphoraia festiva rosea Sheljuzhko, 1929
  • Arctia festiva lemniscata Stichel, 1911
  • Euprepia hyperboreus Curtis, 1835

The wingspan is 37–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.

Subspecies
  • Pararctia lapponica lapponica (Polar Eurasia)
  • Pararctia lapponica lemniscata (Stichel, 1911) (mountains of eastern Yakutia)
  • Pararctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)
  • Pararctia lapponica gibsoni (Bang-Haas, 1927)


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