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Taxonomy of Genus Arctia Schrank, 1802


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
25
9782
130745
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
3372
55024
Genera
Species
SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths
1331
27195
Genera
Species
TribeArctiini
Leach, 1815
Tiger Moths
551
14853
Genera
Species
SubtribeArctiina
Leach, 1815
37
1682
Genera
Species
GenusArctia
Schrank, 1802
404Species
Subnodes of Arctia Schrank, 1802
SubgenusArctia (Epicallia)
Hübner, 1820
9Species
SubgenusArctia (Eucharia)
Hübner, 1820
1Species
SpeciesArctia abdominalis Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia achlyoessa Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia aclea Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia alba Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia albimacula Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia albisignata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia albistriga Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia albobasalis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia albociliata Lempke, 1964
SpeciesArctia albomedia Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia allardi Oberthür, 0
SpeciesArctia alpherakii Eversmann, 1843  ⇒ Arctia intercalaris
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia alpina Quensel, 1802, 2016
SpeciesArctia americana Harris, 1841  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia ampla Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia anamari Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia angelica Boisduval, 1829
SpeciesArctia angelicae
SpeciesArctia angustesignata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia anomala Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia aphenges Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia apicoliconfluens Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia arabum Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesArctia arcuata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia astramenisca Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia atribasalis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia atrimargo Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia atroabdominalis Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia aulica Linnaeus, 1758
Brown Tiger Moth
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia aurantiaca Eversmann, 1843  ⇒ Arctia intercalaris
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia aurantior Lempke, 1938
SpeciesArctia auripennis Butler, 1881  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia badakhshana Wiltshire, 1961
SpeciesArctia baicalensis Bang-Haas, 1927
SpeciesArctia basaliconfluens Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia basicincta Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia bejarana Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia bellieri Lederer, 1855  ⇒ Ocnogyna bellieri
SpeciesArctia bellieroides Draudt, 1932
SpeciesArctia bevani Gomez Bustillo & de Viédma, 1977
SpeciesArctia biddenbrocki
SpeciesArctia bifurcata Navas, 1927
SpeciesArctia bijuncta Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia bimaculata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia bioculata Sheljuzhko, 1935
SpeciesArctia bipunctata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia blakei
SpeciesArctia boettcheri Bang-Haas, 1927
SpeciesArctia bolga Thierry-Mieg, 1910
SpeciesArctia brachyptera Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000
Largescaled tonguesole
SpeciesArctia britannica Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia brunhilda O. Schultz., 1904
SpeciesArctia brunnea Heylaerts, 1890
SpeciesArctia brunneobasalis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia brunneosparsa Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia brunnescens O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia bruyanti Dufour, 1922
SpeciesArctia buddenbrocki
SpeciesArctia caja Linnaeus, 1758
Garden Tiger, Garden Tiger Moth, Great Tiger, Woolly Bear
12Subspecies
SpeciesArctia cajula Eversmann, 1843  ⇒ Arctia intercalaris
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia caliginosa O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia campestris Graeser, 1892
SpeciesArctia casta Esper, 1785
SpeciesArctia catarryta Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia cecilia Kindermann, 1853
SpeciesArctia centrimaculata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia chavigneri Failla-Tedaldi, 1890
SpeciesArctia chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesArctia cinnamonea Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia clarki Tutt, 1909
SpeciesArctia clostera Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia confluens Linstow, 1914
SpeciesArctia confluentissima Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia conjuncta Schwingenschuss, 1935
SpeciesArctia consolidata Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia continua O. Schultz, 1905
SpeciesArctia contracta O. Schultz, 1905
SpeciesArctia corsica Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia costajuncta Lempke, 1961
SpeciesArctia coxeyi Smith & Boyes, 1960
SpeciesArctia cuneigera Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia dealbata O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia decolor Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia decrescens Cockayne, 1935
SpeciesArctia deficiens Lempke, 1961
SpeciesArctia dehanna Pagenstecher, 1885
SpeciesArctia dejeani
SpeciesArctia demaculata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia dentata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia depuncta Statt., 1939
SpeciesArctia deserta Bartel, 1902
SpeciesArctia determinata
SpeciesArctia diaphana Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia dido Wagner, 1841  ⇒ Atlantarctia dido
SpeciesArctia dieckii
SpeciesArctia diminutata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia discolor Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia disconjuncta Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia disconulla Lempke, 1961
SpeciesArctia ditta Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia divisa Kollar, 1844  ⇒ Spilosoma leopardina
Spilarctia leopardina
3Subspecies
SpeciesArctia domiduca Meigen, 1832
SpeciesArctia dryope Cathrine, 1930
SpeciesArctia duthula Thierry-Mieg, 1910
SpeciesArctia elisabethana Bender & Naumann, 1980
SpeciesArctia elongata
SpeciesArctia else
SpeciesArctia eminens
SpeciesArctia erinacea Retzius, 1783  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia esperi Staudinger, 1870
SpeciesArctia excelsa
SpeciesArctia exotica Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia fasciata Villers, 1789  ⇒ Atlantarctia tigrina
2Subspecies
SpeciesArctia favorita
SpeciesArctia fereunicolor Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia flammea
SpeciesArctia flava Aigner, 1905
SpeciesArctia flavescens Schwingenschuss, 1935
SpeciesArctia flavia Fuessly, 1779
Yellow Tiger, Yellow Tiger Moth
6Subspecies
SpeciesArctia flavirosea Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia flavoabdominalis Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia flavobasalis Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia flavocostata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia flavogrisea Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia flavomacula Cab., 1932
SpeciesArctia flavonigrescens Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia flavonotata Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia flavosignata NO AUTHOR RECORDED, 1921
SpeciesArctia floresi Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia fracta Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia fringsi Smith & Boyes, 1960
SpeciesArctia fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesArctia fulminans Statt., 1939
SpeciesArctia fulva Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia fumosa Hörhammer, 1928
SpeciesArctia fusata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia fusca Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia fuscolimbata Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia fuscorhabda Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia futura Fick, 1897
SpeciesArctia glaseri Stichel, 1908
SpeciesArctia gloriosa Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia gratiosa Hübner, 1827
SpeciesArctia gravesi Baynes, 1953
SpeciesArctia guttata Erschoff, 1874
SpeciesArctia hayashii Matsumura, 1911
SpeciesArctia hebe Linnaeus, 1767  ⇒ Arctia (Eucharia) festiva
SpeciesArctia hectaploa Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia hepialoides Smith & Boyes, 1960
SpeciesArctia hexacha Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia horsfieldii Saunders, 1851
SpeciesArctia ilithyia Böttcher, 1905
SpeciesArctia illustris Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia imbuta Walker, 1855
SpeciesArctia immaculata Statt., 1939
SpeciesArctia immaculosa Matsumura, 1927
SpeciesArctia impunctata Schwingenschuss, 1935
SpeciesArctia incorrupta
SpeciesArctia infumata Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia insolita Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia insulata Schwingenschuss, 1935
SpeciesArctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
9Subspecies
SpeciesArctia intermedia Kirby, 1837  ⇒ Grammia (Grammia) parthenice
Parthenice Tiger Moth
SpeciesArctia jeholensis Bang-Haas, 1927
SpeciesArctia jeuneti Oberthür, 1912
SpeciesArctia kadocsae Bezsilla, 1943
SpeciesArctia kamtschadalis Draudt, 1932
SpeciesArctia kettlewelli Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia kindermanni Staudinger, 1867
SpeciesArctia konewkaii Frey, 1831
SpeciesArctia krodeli O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia lactescens V Fror., 1941
SpeciesArctia lacticolor Lempke, 1961
SpeciesArctia lactipennis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia ladakensis Bang-Haas, 1927  ⇒ Oroncus (Arctoroncus) ladakensis
SpeciesArctia lamprogenys Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia lapponica Thunberg, 1791
SpeciesArctia latefasiciata Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia latimarginata O. Schultz, 1905
SpeciesArctia latreillii
SpeciesArctia lederi Bang-Haas, 1927
SpeciesArctia leucorhabda Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia lubricipeda
SpeciesArctia luna Smith & Boyes, 1960
SpeciesArctia luneburgensis Machleidt & Steinwarth, 0
SpeciesArctia lunulata Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia lusitanica Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia lutea Rothschild, 1914
SpeciesArctia lutescens Tutt, 0
SpeciesArctia lutulenta Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia maculata Contarini, 1847  ⇒ Hyphoraia testudinaria
SpeciesArctia maculosa Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia mageritana Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia marchandi de Freina, 1983
SpeciesArctia martinhoneyi
SpeciesArctia matronula Linnaeus, 1758
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia mayeri Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia mediodeleta Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia mediomaculata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia medionigra Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia mediopuncta Statt., 1939
SpeciesArctia melanolimbata Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia melanozoster Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia mendica Clerck, 1759
SpeciesArctia menea Drury, 1782
SpeciesArctia menetriesii
SpeciesArctia menthastri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
SpeciesArctia mirabilis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia mirifica
SpeciesArctia monosema Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia muecki Kram., 1910
SpeciesArctia mussoti Oberthür, 1903
SpeciesArctia neglecta O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia nevadensis
SpeciesArctia nicaeensis Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia nigrata Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia nigrella Fettig., 1889
SpeciesArctia nigricans Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia nigrociliata Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia nigrolimbata Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia nigromarginaria Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia nigrovenosa Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia nobilis Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia nubilata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia oberthuri Oberthür, 1890
SpeciesArctia obliterata Stretch, 1885  ⇒ Chelis obliterata
SpeciesArctia obscura Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia obscurior Thierry-Mieg, 1910
SpeciesArctia ochraeomaculata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia olivaceosuffusa Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia olschwangi Dubatolov, 1990
Spotted tonguesole
SpeciesArctia opulenta Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Arctia caja
Fivelined tonguesole, Tiger Moth
SpeciesArctia orientalis Moore, 1878  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia osta Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia paliscia Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia pallens O. Schultz, 1908
SpeciesArctia pallida O. Schultz, 1904  ⇒ Hyphantria cunea
SpeciesArctia pallidabrunnea Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia paralinae Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia parthenos Harris, 1850
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
SpeciesArctia parva Rothschild, 1910  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia paucimacula Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia paucimaculala Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia paurobalia Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia pelodes Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia penchei Agenjo, 1942
SpeciesArctia pentacha Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia pentaploa Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia pentapunctata Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia perornata
SpeciesArctia petriburgensis Cockayne, 1935
SpeciesArctia phaeosoma Butler, 1877
SpeciesArctia phaesoma Butler, 1877
SpeciesArctia phantasma Niepelt, 1905
SpeciesArctia pinax Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia planckii Wize, 1936
SpeciesArctia plantaginis Linnaeus, 1758
Wood Tiger, Wood Tiger Moth
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia posticosoffusa Cockayne, 1952
SpeciesArctia poveyi Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia pretiosa Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesArctia prosopia Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia pseudopunctata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia pulchra Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia pulchrior Seitz, 1910
SpeciesArctia punctifera Thierry-Mieg, 1910
SpeciesArctia purpurata Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesArctia pyrenaica Rothschild, 1910
SpeciesArctia quadricothurnata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia radiata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929
SpeciesArctia rectilinea
SpeciesArctia reducta Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia romanovi
SpeciesArctia rosea Lorez, 1904
SpeciesArctia roseata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia rubra Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia rubricosa Harris, 1841
SpeciesArctia rubrociliata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia rubrodorsalis O. Schultz, 1908
SpeciesArctia rubroflammea Statt., 1939
SpeciesArctia rueckbeili Püngeler, 1901
SpeciesArctia rufa Smith, 1956
SpeciesArctia sajana Bang-Haas, 1927  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia schizomacula Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia schultzi Frings, 0
SpeciesArctia sedis
SpeciesArctia seitzi
SpeciesArctia semiconfluens Lempke, 1961
SpeciesArctia semifasciata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia semiramis Staudinger, 1891
SpeciesArctia separata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia septata Smith, 1953
SpeciesArctia sibirica Heyne, 1899
SpeciesArctia sicula Zeller, 1847
SpeciesArctia sieversi
SpeciesArctia signata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia simplicella Strand, 1919
SpeciesArctia snowi
SpeciesArctia sordida Smith, 1956  ⇒ Diaphora sordida
SpeciesArctia souliei
SpeciesArctia spectabilis
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia splendens Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia ssignatum Smith, 1958
SpeciesArctia staettermayeri Smith & Boyes, 1960
SpeciesArctia standfussi Röber, 1900
SpeciesArctia straminea Cockayne, 1949
SpeciesArctia strandi A. Bang-Haas, 1910  ⇒ Acerbia seitzi
SpeciesArctia stretchii
SpeciesArctia stygia Cockayne, 1953
SpeciesArctia stygialis O. Schultz, 1905
SpeciesArctia subnebulosa
SpeciesArctia suttadra Eversmann, 1843  ⇒ Arctia intercalaris
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia syltica Werneburg, 0
SpeciesArctia syriaca Oberthür, 1911
SpeciesArctia taona Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia tapeta Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia testudinaria Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesArctia thibetica Felder, 1874  ⇒ Arctia intercalaris
2Subspecies
SpeciesArctia tigrina Villers, 1789  ⇒ Atlantarctia tigrina
2Subspecies
SpeciesArctia transmontana Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia triangulum Peschke, 1934
SpeciesArctia tripunctata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia truncata Kotzsch, 1937
SpeciesArctia tschiliensis Draudt, 1932
SpeciesArctia tshimgana Sheljuzhko, 1935
SpeciesArctia tundrana
SpeciesArctia ungemachi Le Cerf, 1924  ⇒ Atlantarctia ungemachi
SpeciesArctia unipunctata Statt., 1934
SpeciesArctia unomaculata Spuler, 1906
SpeciesArctia upsilon Smith, 1957
SpeciesArctia uralensis Heyne, 1899
SpeciesArctia ursula O. Schultz, 1904
SpeciesArctia utahensis Edwards, 1886  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia vagans
SpeciesArctia vidua Poda, 1761
SpeciesArctia villicella Stauder., 1919
SpeciesArctia villicula Strand, 1919
SpeciesArctia virginalis Oberthür, 1916
Ranchman´s Tiger Moth
SpeciesArctia virginivir Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia virgo Hübner, 1804
SpeciesArctia vittata Spuler, 1906  ⇒ Spilosoma curvata
SpeciesArctia wambachi Goltz, 1932
SpeciesArctia waroi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia weigerti de Freina & Witt, 1985  ⇒ Oroncus (Oroncus) weigerti
SpeciesArctia wiskotti Staudinger, 1878  ⇒ Arctia caja
SpeciesArctia wrighti Smith, 1955
SpeciesArctia y-albulum Oberthür, 1886
1Subspecies
SpeciesArctia yarrowii

Synonyms
Ammobiota (Wallengren, 1885)
Callarctia (Packard, 1864)
Chelonia (Godart, 1823)
Eucharia (Hübner, 1820)
Euprepia (Agassiz, 1846)
Eyprepia (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
Zoote (Hübner, 1820)


Distribution of Arctia Schrank, 1802
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Afghanistan


Albania


Algeria


Andorra


Australia
2 Species
Austria


Azerbaijan


Barbados


Belarus


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Brazil
1 Species
Bulgaria


Canada


China
9 Species
Costa Rica
2 Species
Croatia


Czech Republic


Denmark


Estonia


Finland


France


Georgia


Germany


Greece


Hungary


India
4 Species
Indonesia
3 Species
Iran


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Japan
3 Species
Kazakhstan


Kyrgyzstan


Latvia


Liechtenstein


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Malawi


Malaysia


Mauritius


Mexico
2 Species
Moldova


Mongolia


Montenegro


Morocco


Nepal


Netherlands


North Korea


Norway


Pakistan


Papua New Guinea


Poland


Portugal


Republic South Africa
2 Species
Romania


Russia


Serbia


Slovakia


Slovenia


South Korea


Spain


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan
2 Species
Tajikistan


Turkey


Ukraine


United Kingdom


USA
32 Species
Uzbekistan




Distribution on islands
Outer Hebrides


Found in fossile formations
Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Rott Formation


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