Nannoarctia takanoi

Nannoarctia takanoi, described by Jinhaku Sonan in 1934, is an endemic species of moth in the family Erebidae from Taiwan. It is probably extinct now; no specimens have been collected since World War II. The species was formerly known as Pericallia integra Matsumura, 1931, but specimens from Taiwan are not conspecific to those from the Philippines, where N. integra (Walker, 1855) occur.

Nannoarctia takanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nannoarctia
Species:
N. takanoi
Binomial name
Nannoarctia takanoi
(Sonan, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Pericallia takanoi Sonan, 1934

The forewings are blackish with narrow oblique light fascia abutting on the apex and with a subapical spot mostly narrower than its length. The hindwings are yellow with discal and submarginal, sometimes confluent, black spots.

References

  • Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Kishida, Yasunori (December 2010). "Review of the genus Nannoarctia Kôda, s. str. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)" (PDF). Tinea. 21 (3): 136–152.
  • Matsumura, S. (1931). 6000 Illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire: 1497+191 p., Tokyo (in Japanese).
  • Sonan, J. (1934) "On three new species of the moths in Japan and Formosa". Kontyû. 8: 212-214, Tokyo.


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