Arctia ladakensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927. It is found in Tibet and Xinjiang in China.[1][2]

Arctia ladakensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. ladakensis
Binomial name
Arctia ladakensis
(O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Oroncus ladakensis Bang-Haas, 1927
  • Arctia ladakensis Dubatolov, 1996

This species, along with the others of the genus Oroncus, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Oroncus ladakensis Bang-Haas, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  3. ^ 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.