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Micrarctia

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Micrarctia is a tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Seitz in 1910. The genus currently contains two species. Both species are found in central to western China, including the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan.[1][2]

Taxonomy

In the 20th century, this genus name was used for many small tiger moths from different subtribes, which were later separated into their own genera: Palearctia, Sibirarctia, Sinoarctia, Lithosarctia, Sinowatsonia.

Species

Micrarctia trigona (Leech, 1899)
Micrarctia kautti Saldaitis & Pekarsky, 2015[3]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Micrarctia Seitz, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194.
  3. ^ Saldaitis, A.; Pekarsky, O. "A new species Micrarctia kautti (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) from West China". Zootaxa. 3955 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3955.2.7.
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Micrarctia: Brief Summary

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Micrarctia is a tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Seitz in 1910. The genus currently contains two species. Both species are found in central to western China, including the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan.

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