Centrarctia
Centrarctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1990. The genus contains a single species, Centrarctia mongolica, described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1888, found in the Gobi Desert and neighboring arid territories.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Centrarctia Dubatolov, 1990 |
| Species: | C. mongolica |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrarctia mongolica (Alphéraky, 1888) | |
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The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]
References
- Savela, Markku. "Palearctia Ferguson, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
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