Borearctia menetriesii

Borearctia menetriesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Borearctia
Species: B. menetriesii
Binomial name
Borearctia menetriesii
(Eversmann, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Borearctia menetriesi (Eversmann 1846)
  • Euprepia menetriesii Eversmann, 1846
  • ?Callimorpha principalis Fang Cheng-Lai, 1984

Menetries' Tiger Moth (Borearctia menetriesii) is a moth of the Arctiinae family. It is found in Karelia, Oktyabrskoe, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Evenkia, Yakutia, the central Amur region, Primorsky Krai and central Sakhalin. It was believed to be extinct in Fennoscandia, but the species has been recently recorded in Finland. This species is characterized by the fact that they never come to light; such behavior is atypical in the family of Arctiidae.

Last instar larva

Data about all species records were summarized in the paper: Bolotov I.N., Gofarov M.Yu., Kolosova Yu.S., & Frolov A.A. 2013. Occurrence of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Northern European Russia: a new locality in a disjunct species range. – Nota lepid. 36 (1): 65–75.

Larvae feed on Aconitum rubicundum, Taraxacum, Plantago and Polygonum species.[1]

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