Hyphoraia_dejeani

<i>Arctia dejeani</i>

Arctia dejeani

Species of moth

Arctia dejeani is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1822. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.

Quick Facts Arctia dejeani, Scientific classification ...

The wingspan is 41–42 mm.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.[2]

This species, along with the others of the genus Hyphoraia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Fauna Europaea
  2. [2]
    Savela, Markku. "Hyphoraia dejeani (Godart, 1822)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. [3]
    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). doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.


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