Arctia
| Arctia | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Arctia caja imago | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: |
Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
|
Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885 |
|
Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885
Eucharia Hübner, [1820] (disputed)
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. It is the type genus of all these Arcti- taxa. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
Palpi porrect, reaching beyond the frons where the first two joints are hairy. Antennae bipectinated in male, with short branches swollen at extremity, and with a terminal bristle, whereas female has serrate. Legs hairy with hind tibia bears two spur pairs. Fore wings rather short and broad.
The species of Arctia consist of the main caja group, some more distantly related species which presently form monotypic "groups", and one species that might not actually belong here:
caja group:
Monotypic "groups":
Many more of the Arctiinae were initially placed in this genus. Species moved out of Arctia more recently include:
...
Wikipedia