| Arctia ungemachi | |
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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: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. ungemachi |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924) | |
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Arctia ungemachi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1924 and is named after Henri Ungemach. It is found in Morocco.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.
This species, along with the others of the genus Atlantarctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.
References
- Lepiforum e. V.
- Savela, Markku (November 25, 2018). "Atlantarctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- 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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| Arctia ungemachi | |
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