Borearctia

Borearctia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1984. Its only species, Borearctia menetriesii, or Menetries' tiger moth, was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846.[1] 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 Arctiidae.

Last instar larva

Menetries' tiger moth
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Borearctia
Dubatolov, 1984
Species:
B. menetriesii
Binomial name
Borearctia menetriesii
(Eversmann, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Borearctia menetriesi (Eversmann 1846)
  • Euprepia menetriesii Eversmann, 1846
  • ?Callimorpha principalis Fang Cheng-Lai, 1984

Larvae feed on Aconitum rubicundum, Taraxacum, Plantago and Polygonum species.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. "Record of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) larva on Aconitum rubicundum Fischer (Ranunculaceae) in Eastern Siberia"
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Borearctia Dubatolov, 1984". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 6, 2019.

Further reading
  • 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 Lepidopterologica. 36 (1): 65–75.


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