Nannoarctia himalayana

Nannoarctia himalayana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov, Patrick G. Haynes and Yasunori Kishida in 2010. It is found in Nepal and India.[1]

Nannoarctia himalayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nannoarctia
Species:
N. himalayana
Binomial name
Nannoarctia himalayana
Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2010

The length of the forewings is 17–17.5 mm for subspecies himalayana and 16–18 mm for subspecies nepalica.

Subspecies edit

  • Nannoarctia himalayana himalayana (India: Himachal Pradesh and probably Kashmir)
  • Nannoarctia himalayana nepalica Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2010 (Nepal and India: Uttar Pradesh, Assam and probably Nagaland)

References edit

  1. ^ Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Kishida, Yasunori (December 2010). "Review of the genus Nannoarctia Kôda, s. str. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)" (PDF). Tinea. 21 (3): 136–152.