Arctia opulenta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Arctiina
Genus: Arctia
Species: Arctia opulenta

Name

Arctia opulenta (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

Type locality: Yukon River, Alaska, 700 miles from the mouth.

Synonyms

• Euprepia opulenta Hy. Edwards, 1881
• Arctia opulenta Hy. Edwards, 1881 rev. stat. by Lafontaine & Troubridge, 1999: 89
• Arctia caja parva Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 181. Type locality: “Labrador”.
• Arctia caja virginivir Dyar, 1923; Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 11 (1-3): 12–13. Type locality: “Alaska …, probably from one of the coastal islands”.

References

• Dyar, H.G., 1923: New American Lepidoptera. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 11 (1-3): 12–30.
• Edwards, Henry, 1881: Descriptions of new species and varieties of Arctiidæ. Papilio 1 (3): 38–39.
• Lafontaine, J.D. & Troubridge, J.T., 1999: Two new species of Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) from the Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 96: 89–93.
• Rothschild, W., 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17 (1): 1–85, (2): 113–188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury.