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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
(Dubatolov, 2008)
Species:
C. kozlovi
Binomial name
Chelis kozlovi
Dubatolov, 2008
Synonyms

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

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It 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.