Chelis mongolica is a species of tiger moth in the family Erebidae, described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1888. It is found in the Gobi Desert and neighboring arid territories.

Chelis mongolica
A female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Dubatolov, 1990
Species:
C. mongolica
Binomial name
Chelis mongolica
(Alphéraky, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Centrarctia mongolica (Alphéraky, 1888)
  • Arctia mongolica Alphéraky, 1888
  • Palearctia mongolica
  • Arctia serarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1899
  • Arctia serum Grum-Grshimailo, 1902

The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]

This species was moved from the genus Centrarctia to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia Ferguson, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
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