Grammia quenseli
Grammia quenseli, the Labrador tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. In Central Europe the species is found in the Central Alps at altitudes of 2,000–2,700 metres (6,600–8,900 ft). They are also present in Northern Scandinavia. It is widely distributed in Polar Eurasia, mountains of Siberia, Mongolia, North China, Japan (Mt. Daisetsu on Hokkaido), Polar North America.
Labrador tiger moth | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Grammia |
Species: | G. quenseli |
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Grammia quenseli (Paykull, 1791) | |
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The wingspan is 26–42 millimetres (1.0–1.7 in).
The larvae feed on Alchemilla alpina and Plantago alpina.
Subspecies
- Grammia quenseli gelida (Möschler, 1848)
- Grammia quenseli liturata (Ménétriès, 1859)
- Grammia quenseli quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
- Grammia quenseli saura Dubatolov, 2007 (Kazakhstan)
- Grammia quenseli zamolodchikovi Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2001 (Russia: Wrangel Island)
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