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Eospilarctia yuennanica

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Species of moth

Eospilarctia yuennanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eospilarctia
Species: E. yuennanica
Binomial name
Eospilarctia yuennanica
(Daniel, 1943)
Synonyms
  • Spilarctia yuennanica Daniel, 1943

Eospilarctia yuennanica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in China and Vietnam.

The wingspan is 59–66 mm.

Subspecies

  • Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica (China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana Saldaitis et al., 2012 (Vietnam: Chapa, Mount Fan-si-pan)

Eospilarctia guangdonga was formerly treated as a subspecies of Eospilarctia yuennanica.

Gallery

  • Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male
  • Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male
  • Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana male Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana male

References

  1. Saldaitis, Aidas; Ivinskis, Povilas; Witt, Thomas & Pekarsky, Oleg (2012). "Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo – Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies". ZooKeys (204): 53–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.3056. PMC 3391722. PMID 22787420.
Taxon identifiers
Eospilarctia yuennanica


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