Apantesis quenseli

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.

Labrador tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Apantesis
Species:	A. quenseli
Binomial name
Apantesis quenseli (Paykull, 1791)
Synonyms
Grammia quenseli (Paykull, 1793) Bombyx quenseli Paykull, 1793 Bombyx strigosa Fabricius, 1793 Euprepia gelida Möschler, 1849 Chelonia quenseli ab. falloui Jourdhuil, 1866 Arctia quenseli var. gelida Schøyen, 1880 Apantesis quenselii var. norvegica Strand, 1919 Apantesis quenseli gelida Orodemnias quenselii daisetsuzana Matsumura, 1927

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

• 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)