Palearctia gratiosa

Palearctia gratiosa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in the western Tien Shan, the Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Hissar, Trans-Alai, the Pamir Mountains, Pakistan, Kashmir and western China.[1]

Palearctia gratiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Palearctia
Species:	P. gratiosa
Binomial name
Palearctia gratiosa (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Synonyms
Arctia glaphyra var. gratiosa Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Palearctia kashmirica Ferguson, 1985 Micrarctia glaphyra ab. nebulosa Reich, 1932 Ocnogyna postflavida Hampson, 1894 Palearctia postflavida Arctia rupicola Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Arctia glauca Staudinger, 1891 [1892] Palearctia sarycola de Freina, 1997 Micrarctia lochmatteri Reich, 1933

Subspecies

• Palearctia gratiosa gratiosa (Alai, Tajikistan, north-western Pamirs)
• Palearctia gratiosa caroli Dubatolov, 1996 (Chatkal, Kirghizskii Alatau)
• Palearctia gratiosa flavoala Dubatolov, 1996 (Zeravshan, Turkestan, mountain ranges of Hissar)
• Palearctia gratiosa kashmirica Ferguson, 1985 (Kashmir)
• Palearctia gratiosa lochmatteri (Reich, 1933) (Pakistan: Karakorum)
• Palearctia gratiosa postflavida (Hampson, 1894) (Kashmir)
• Palearctia gratiosa rupicola (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) (eastern Trans-Alai, eastern and south-western Pamirs)
• Palearctia gratiosa sarezica Dubatolov & Gurko, 2003 (Tajikistan)
• Palearctia gratiosa sarycola de Freina, 1997 (Sarykol Mountains)
• Palearctia gratiosa sergei Dubatolov, 1996 (south-eastern Terskei Alatau)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Palearctia gratiosa (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 9, 2019.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.