Arctia gurkoi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2004. It is found in Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) and possibly Xinjiang, China.[1]

Arctia gurkoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. gurkoi
Binomial name
Arctia gurkoi
Dubatolov in Dubatolov & Gurko, 2004
Synonyms
Oroncus gurkoi Dubatolov in Dubatolov & Gurko, 2004

The species of the genus Oroncus, including this one, were moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dubatolov, V.V. & Gurko, V.O., 2004: New Arctiinae species from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 35 (1/2): 84-90, colour plate IVb, Würzburg.
  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.