Arctia lapponica

Arctia lapponica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1791. It is found in northern Eurasia and the Arctic part of North America.

Arctia lapponica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Arctia
Species:	A. lapponica
Binomial name
Arctia lapponica (Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
Pararctia lapponica (Thunberg, 1791) Bombyx lapponica Thunberg, 1791 Hyphoraia lapponica Bombyx festiva Borkhausen, 1790 Bombyx avia Hübner, [1808] Hyphoraia festiva rosea Sheljuzhko, 1929 Arctia festiva lemniscata Stichel, 1911 Euprepia hyperboreus Curtis, 1835

The wingspan is 37–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.

This species was formerly a member of the genus Pararctia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia.^[1][2]

Subspecies

• Arctia lapponica lapponica (Polar Eurasia)
• Arctia lapponica lemniscata (Stichel, 1911) (mountains of eastern Yakutia)
• Arctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)
• Arctia lapponica gibsoni (Bang-Haas, 1927)