Chelis reticulata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, the Kopet Dagh, Asia Minor, Syria, northern Lebanon and northern Iran.[1]

Chelis reticulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. reticulata
Binomial name
Chelis reticulata
(Christoph, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Arctia maculosa var. reticulata Christoph, 1887

Subspecies

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  • Chelis reticulata reticulata (Kopet Dagh)
  • Chelis reticulata schwingenschussi Daniel, 1933 (Lebanon)
  • Chelis reticulata sultana Schwingenschuss, 1938 (Turkey)
  • Chelis reticulata transcaucasica Dubatolov, 1988 (Armenia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia)

References

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  1. ^ Chelis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms