Arctia

Arctia
Arctia caja imago
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Eucharia Hübner, [1820] (disputed)

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.

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
  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Arctia Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rönkä2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).