Palerontobia
Palerontobia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Palerontobia kozlovi, is found in north-eastern Tibet (China, Qinghai). Both the genus and species were first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2008.[1] The generic name consists of two parts: "pale" is a part of the genus name Palearctia, and "rontobia" is a part of the genus name Orontobia. The specific name is after Pyotr Kozlov, a disciple of Nikolay Przhevalsky, who first collected the holotype in 1900.
| Palerontobia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Palerontobia Dubatolov, 2008 |
| Species: | P. kozlovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Palerontobia kozlovi Dubatolov, 2008 | |
Description
It has similar external characteristics as the species O. dalailama de Freina: head covered in long shaggy hairs; palpi porrect, short, with long hairs; eyes small and oval, without hairs, on a hairless Sclerite.[1]
References
- Dubatolov, Vladimir V. (2008). "Palerontobia kozlovi - a new species and genus of high mountain tiger-moth from Qinghai" (PDF). Atalanta. Würzburg, Germany. 39: 351–355. ISSN 0171-0079 – via Landes Museum.
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