Apantesis quenseli
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| Labrador tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Apantesis |
| Species: | A. quenseli |
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| Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1791) | |
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Apantesis 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.
The wingspan is 26–42 millimetres (1.0–1.7 in).
The larvae feed on Alchemilla alpina and Plantago alpina.
This species was formerly a member of the genus Grammia, but was moved to Apantesis along with the other species of the genera Grammia, Holarctia, and Notarctia.[1][2]
Subspecies[edit]
- Apantesis quenseli gelida (Möschler, 1848)
- Apantesis quenseli liturata (Ménétriès, 1859)
- Apantesis quenseli quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
- Apantesis quenseli saura Dubatolov, 2007 (Kazakhstan)
- Apantesis quenseli zamolodchikovi Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2001 (Russia: Wrangel Island)
- Apantesis quenseli daisetsuzana (Matsumura, 1927) (Japan: Mt. Daisetsu)
References[edit]
- ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
- ^ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.
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