Chelis kozlovi is a tiger moth species in the family Erebidae. It is found in northeastern Tibet (China, Qinghai). The species was first described by Vladimir Viktorovich Dubatolov in 2008.[1] The species name is after Pyotr Kozlov, a disciple of Nikolay Przhevalsky, who first collected the holotype in 1900.
| Chelis kozlovi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Chelis (Dubatolov, 2008) |
| Species: | C. kozlovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelis kozlovi Dubatolov, 2008
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| Synonyms | |
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Palerontobia kozlovi Dubatolov, 2008 | |
This species was moved to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[2]
Description
editIt has similar external characteristics as the species O. dalailama de Freina: head covered in long shaggy hairs; palpi porrect, short, with long hairs; eyes small and oval, without hairs, on a hairless Sclerite.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Dubatolov, Vladimir V. (2008). "Palerontobia kozlovi - a new species and genus of high mountain tiger-moth from Qinghai" (PDF). Atalanta. 39. Würzburg, Germany: 351–355. ISSN 0171-0079 – via Landes Museum.
- ^ 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.