Arctia
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Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.[1] Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
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Arctia | |
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Arctia caja imago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Arctiina |
Genus: | Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
Synonyms | |
Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885 |
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As a result of phylogenetic studies by Rönkä et al. in 2016, the following genera were determined to be synonyms with Arctia, and their species were reclassified in this genus.[2]
- Acerbia
- Ammobiota
- Atlantarctia
- Borearctia
- Callarctia
- Chionophila
- Eupsychoma
- Gonerda
- Nemeophila
- Oroncus
- Pararctia
- Platarctia
- Platyprepia
- Preparctia
- Sinoarctia