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Arctia forsteri

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Arctia forsteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. forsteri
Binomial name
Arctia forsteri
(Daniel, 1943)
Synonyms
  • Sinoarctia forsteri (Daniel, 1943)
  • Micrarctia forsteri Daniel, 1943

Arctia forsteri is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in Sichuan, China.[1]

The species of the genus Sinoarctia , including this one, were moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Sinoarctia forsteri (Daniel, 1943)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.