Arctia seitzi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1910. It is found in central Asia, including Kazakhstan[1] and Kirghizia.

Arctia seitzi
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. seitzi
Binomial name
Arctia seitzi
(A. Bang-Haas, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Acerbia seitzi (A.Bang-Haas, 1910)
  • Hyphoraia seitzi A.Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Arctia strandi Niepelt, 1911
  • Phragmatobia niepeltiana Strand, 1919

This species was formerly a member of the genus Acerbia, but was moved to Arctia along with the other species of the genera Acerbia, Pararctia, Parasemia, Platarctia, and Platyprepia.[2][3]

Subspecies

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  • Arctia seitzi seitzi
  • Arctia seitzi micropuncta Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Witt, 2004 (Kirghizia)
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  1. ^ Siberian Zoological Museum
  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.
  3. ^ Schmidt, B. Christian; Lafontaine, J. Donald; Troubridge, James T. (2018). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV". ZooKeys (252): 241–252. doi:10.3897/zookeys.252.28500. PMC 6189224. PMID 30337831.