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Chionarctia

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Chionarctia
Chionarctia nivea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Chionarctia
Kôda, 1988
Type species
Dionychopus nivea
Ménétriès, 1859
Synonyms
  • Gigantospilosoma Dubatolov, 1990

Chionarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Nobutoyo Kôda in 1859. The moths in the genus are found in east Asia.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Chionarctia Kôda, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  • Dubatolov, V. V., 1990: New taxa of tiger moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae) from the Palearctic. 2-nd report. In: Taxonomy of insects and helminths: 89-101, Nauka, Siberian Department: Novosibirsk. (Series “New and little known species of Siberian fauna”, No. 22) (in Russian).
  • Kôda, N., 1988: A Generic Classification of the Subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the Male and Female Genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part II. Tyô to Ga 39 (1): 1-79, Tokyo.
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