Centrarctia
Centrarctia mongolica | |
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Centrarctia mongolica, a female. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Genue: | Centrarctia Dubatolov, 1990 |
Species: | C. mongolica |
Binomial name | |
Centrarctia mongolica (Alpheraky, 1888) | |
Synonyms | |
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Centrarctia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains a single species, Centrarctia mongolica, found in the Gobi desert and neighboring arid territories.
The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]
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