Centrarctia

Centrarctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1990. The genus contains a single species, Centrarctia mongolica, described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1888, found in the Gobi Desert and neighboring arid territories.

Centrarctia
A female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Centrarctia
Dubatolov, 1990
Species:
C. mongolica
Binomial name
Centrarctia mongolica
(Alphéraky, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Arctia mongolica Alphéraky, 1888
  • Palearctia mongolica
  • Arctia serarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1899
  • Arctia serum Grum-Grshimailo, 1902

The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Palearctia Ferguson, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 6, 2017.


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