Micrarctia

Micrarctia trigona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Micrarctiina
Genus: Micrarctia
Seitz, 1910
Species: M. trigona
Binomial name
Micrarctia trigona
(Leech, 1899)

Micrarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It includes a single species, M. trigona (Leech), from Chinese Qinghai and Sichuan.

Taxonomy

In the 20th century, this genus name was used for many small tiger moths from different subtribes, which were later separated into their own genera: Palearctia, Sibirarctia, Sinoarctia, Lithosarctia, Sinowatsonia.

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