Arctia dido is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by M. Wagner in 1841. It is found in Algeria.[1]

Arctia dido
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. dido
Binomial name
Arctia dido
(M. Wagner, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Atlantarctia dido (Wagner, 1841)
  • Euprepia dido Wagner, 1841
  • Diacrisia dido

The larvae feed on Taraxacum species.

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Atlantarctia dido (Wagner, 1841)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  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.