Arctia ungemachi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1924 and is named after Henri Ungemach. It is found in Morocco.[1]

Arctia ungemachi
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. ungemachi
Binomial name
Arctia ungemachi
(Le Cerf, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Atlantarctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924)
  • Apantesis ungemachi Le Cerf, 1924

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.[2]

This species, along with the others of the genus Atlantarctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lepiforum e. V.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (November 25, 2018). "Atlantarctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.