Arctia testudinaria

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Arctia testudinaria, or Patton's tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Geoffroy in 1785. It is found from northern Spain to southern and central France and southern Switzerland to north-eastern and southern Italy. It has also been recorded from Great Britain.[1] The habitat consists of grasslands, slopes, forest edges, clear dry forests, cliffs and mountain slopes, maquis, garrigues and dry meadows.[2]

Patton's tiger
Male - Bolzano, Italy
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. testudinaria
Binomial name
Arctia testudinaria
(Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
Synonyms
  • Hyphoraia testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Phalaena testudinaria Geoffroy, 1785
  • Bombyx maculania Lang, 1789
  • Phalaena curialis Esper, 1789
  • Bombyx civica Hübner, 1790
  • Arctia maculata Caradja, 1893
  • Arctia testudinaria f. crocea Schultz, 1908
  • Hyphoraia meridialpina Daniel, 1939

The wingspan is 35–45 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in May and July.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Achillea, Euphorbia cyparissias, Potentilla, Hieracium, Taraxacum, Cynoglossum, Deschampsia, Calamagrostis.[4] The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation often takes place under flat stones.

This species, along with the others of the genus Hyphoraia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Patton's tiger on UKMoths
  2. ^ Lepidoptera and Their Ecology
  3. ^ Hants Moths
  4. ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  5. ^ 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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