Atlantarctia tigrina (Villers, 1789)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Atlantarctia → species Atlantarctia tigrina
Species name(s)
Atlantarctia tigrina (Villers, 1789) = Arctia tigrina = Phalaena fasciata Esper, 1785. [10, 85]
Atlas Tiger.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6643
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Red, Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Arctia tigrina; Phalaena fasciata Esper, 1785. [85].
Distribution
- Spain, Italy, Portugal, France. [1].
- Andorra, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Portugal (mainland), France (mainland). [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Syringa, Euphorbia, Genista and many others. [28].
Subspecies of Atlantarctia tigrina
- Arctia tigrina bevani Gomez Bustillo & de Viédma, 1977. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Denis Tumanov, Andrey Polstyanoy. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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