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Arctia Schrank, 1802

Arctia Schrank, 1802; Fauna Boica 2 (2): 152, TS: Phalaena caja Linnaeus
Hypercompe Hübner, [1806]; Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: [1] (rej.)
Eyprepia Ochsenheimer, 1810; Schmett. Eur. 3: 299, TS: Phalaena caja Linnaeus
Zoote Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 181, TS: Phalaena caja Linnaeus
Chelonia Godart, [1823]; Hist. Nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr. 4: 299, TS: Phalaena caja Linnaeus
Euprepia Agassiz, 1846; Nomencl. zool. (Nomina syst. Generum Lepid.): 29 (unjust. emend.)
Callarctia Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 114, TS: Phalaena caja Linnaeus
Euprepia ; Hübner, [1819], Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 181 (1820) (missp.)
Arctinia ; Eichwald, 1830, Zool. spec. 2: 195 (missp.)
Aretia ; Poey, 1832, Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: pl. [17]
Arctia ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 118; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 463

Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Asia Minor, Iran, Himalaya, NA. See [About maps] Isosiilikäs Iso siilikehrääjä Garden Tiger Great Tiger (larva) Woolly Bear Brauner Bär Gemeiner Bär Nesselspinner Bärvogel Écaille martée Écaille martre Écaille hérisone Arctia Gitana Quelonia Björnspinnare Randig igelkottspinnare Brun bjørnespinder közönséges medvelepke (larva) papmacska
Arctia caja caja, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Arctia caja, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Arctia caja, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Arctia caja, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Arctia caja, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Arctia caja, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Arctia caia[sic] ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 463
Arctia caja ; [DubA, #33]; [NACL, #8166]
Arctia caia ; [HMB, 134, pl. XV, f. 5(f)]

400x589 (~53Kb) A Dahurian larch taiga above the village Novyi Akatuy, the junction of the mountain ranges Uryumkanskii and Kukul'bei, Aleksandrovskozavodskoi District, E Chita Region, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	511x677 (~56Kb) larva Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Illingen, Kohlplatte (8°53'E, 48°57'N, 235m), 26.05.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	601x400 (~50Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
599x400 (~77Kb) male Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	900x720 (~118Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 27.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	800x442 (~91Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 10.8.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov
960x678 (~114Kb) female Russia, Moscow area 13.7.2006 © D. Smirnov	800x677 (~119Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 16.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	669x364 (~60Kb)

Larva on Allium schoenoprasum, Betula spp., B. verrucosa, Alnus incana, Salix spp., S. caprea, S. cinerea, Populus tremula, Rheum rhaponticum, Sedum telephium, Ribes spp., R. uva-crispa, R. alpinum, R. rubrum, Fragaria ananassa, Rubus idaeus, Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea salicifolia, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia, Crataegus coccinea, Prunus padus, P. domestica, Prunus nana, Geum rivale, Trifolium spp., Vaccinium myrtillus, V. uliginosum, Calystegia sepium, Stachys sylvatica, Lamium album, Plantago sp., Achillea millefolium, Taraxacum sp. [SPRK]

A. c. caja

Phalaena caja Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 500
Phalaena erinacea Retzius, 1783; Gen. Spec. Ins.: 36
Arctia phantasma Niepelt, 1905
Arctia lusitanica Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur., 2: 134
Arctia caja confluens Rebel, 1910; in Berge, Schmetterlingsbuch, etc. (edn 9): 430
Arctia caja rebeli Wnukovsky, 1929; : 223
Arctia caja caja ; [DubA, #33a]

A. c. ossetica Dubatolov, 1996

W.Caucasus Arctia caja ossetica Dubatolov, 1996; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 37, 71, TL: "Ossetia s., Buron, 1250m"
(O. Bang-Haas & Sheljuzhko, in litt.)
Arctia caja ossetica, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja ossetica ; [DubA, #33b]

A. c. wiskotti Staudinger, 1879

Transcaucasia, Asia Minor Arctia caja wiskotti Staudinger, 1879; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 333
Arctia caja wiskotti, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja wiskotti ; [DubA, #33c]; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 246, pl. XII, f. 10
Arctia caia f. wiskotti ; [HMB, 134, pl. XV, f. 2(f)]

A. c. tshimgana Sheljuzhko, 1935

Uzbekistan, W.Tien Shan, ?Kazakhstan, ?Kyrgyzstan Arctia caja tshimgana Sheljuzhko, 1935; Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 25: 31, pl. 3, f. 7
Arctia caja tshimgana, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja tshimgana ; [DubA, #33d]

A. c. pamiroalaica Stshetkin, 1982

Alai-Pamirs, ?S.Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan Arctia caja pamiroalaica Stshetkin, 1982; Izvestiya Akad. Nauk Tadzh. SSR. Otd. biol. nauk 1: 39-43
Arctia caja pamiroalaica, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja pamiroaliaca ; [DubA, #33e]

A. c. orientalis Moore, 1878

Xinjiang, Transpamir, Yarkand Arctia orientalis Moore, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1: 230
Arctia orientalis ; [DubC]

A. c. sajana O. Bang-Haas, 1927

E.Sayan, Baikal, Transbaikalia, Yakutia (not polar regions), Magadan, Mongolia Arctia caja sajana O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 72, pl. 9, f. 6
Arctia caja sajana, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja sajana ; [DubA, #33f]

A. c. kamtschadalis Draudt, 1931

Kamchatka Arctia caja kamtschadalis Draudt, 1931; in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, Suppl. 2: 87, f. 7f
Arctia caja kamtschadalis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja kamtschadalis ; [DubA, #33g]

A. c. tschiliensis Draudt, 1931

Arctia caja tschiliensis ; [DubP]

A. c. phaeosoma (Butler, 1877)

Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, S.Kuril Is., E.China (Dunbei, Hebei, Henan), Korea, Japan Euprepia phaeosoma Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 20: 395
Euprepia phaeosoma var. auripennis Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 7
immaculata Matsumura, 1927
Arctia caja phaeosoma, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia caja phaeosoma ; [DubA, #33h]; [DubC]

A. c. americana Harris, 1841

Arctia americana Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 246
Arctia caja americana ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 464; [NACL, #8166a]

A. c. utahensis (H. Edwards, 1887)

Euprepia utahensis H. Edwards, 1886; Ent. Amer. 2: 166
Hypercompa caja var. transmontana Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893; Entom. News, 4: 214
Arctia caja utahensis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 465; [NACL, #8166c]

A. c. parva Rothschild, 1910

Arctia parva Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 181
Arctia caja parva ; [NACL, #8166d]

A. c. waroi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927

Arctia caja waroi ; [NACL, #8166e]

Arctia olschwangi Dubatolov, 1990

Polar Ural, Yamal peninsula, Yakutia, Lena river delta. See [About maps] Arctia olschwangi Dubatolov, 1990; Taksonomiya nasekomykh i gelmintov. Novosibirsk: 89-93, f. 1a, 2l
Arctia olschwangi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia olschwangi ; [DubA, #34]

Arctia flavia (Fuessly, 1779)

Alps, Ural, S.Siberia, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Magadan, Amur, Tschili, Asia Minor, Georgia. See [About maps] Gelber Bär Écaile Jaune svájci medvelepke
Phalaena flavia Fuessly, 1779; Mag. f. Liebhaber d. Ent. 2: 70, pl. 1, f. 11
Bombyx flavia Fuessly, 1779
Bombyx virgo Hübner, 1804; Samml. eur. Schmett. [2] : f. 132 (1808- 1813)
Arctia flavia var. campestris Graeser, 1892; Berl. Ent. Ztg. 37: 212
Arctia flavia uralensis Heyne, 1899; Soc. Ent. 14: 98
Arctia flavia sibirica Heyne, 1899; Soc. Ent. 14: 98
Arctia flavia lederi O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 75, pl. 9, f. 12
Arctia flavia baicalensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 74, pl. 9, f. 11
Arctia jeholensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927
Arctia flavia, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia flavia, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Phragmatobia flavia ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 241
Arctia flavia ; [DubA, #35]; [DubC]

Larva on Taraxacum, Leontodon, Cotoneaster, Urtica, Aconitum [BSW]

Arctia rueckbeili Püngeler, 1901

C.Tien Shan, Turkestan Mts., Alai (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan), Xinjiang. See [About maps] Arctia rueckbeili Püngeler, 1901; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 14: 190, pl. 3, f. 11
Arctia rueckbeili, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia rueckbeili ; [DubA, #36]; [DubC]

Arctia intercalaris (Eversmann, 1843)

Dzhungarian Alatau, Zailiiskii Alatau, Tien Shan, Alai-Pamirs, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanista (mountains), NW.Pakistan, Kashmir - Kulu. See [About maps] Arctia intercalaris, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia intercalaris ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 466; [DubA, #37]

A. i. intercalaris

E.Kazakhsan (mountains), Tien Shan Euprepia intercalaris Eversmann, 1843; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 16 (3): 544, pl. 10, f. 1a, b
boettcheri O. Bang-Haas, 1927
Arctia intercalaris intercalaris ; [DubA, #37a]

A. i. alpherakyi Staudinger, 1886

Alai-Pamirs, Badakhsban Arctia alpherakyi Staudinger, 1886; Ent. Month. Mag. 22: 258
Arctia intercalaris badakhshana Wiltshire, 1961; Beitr. naturk. Forsch. SW-Deutschl. 19(3): 340
alpherakii ; (spell.?)
Arctia intercalaris alpherakyi ; [DubA, #37b]; [DubC]

A. i. elisabethana Bender & Naumann, 1980

A. i. thibetica Felder, 1874

Tibet (Ladakh) Arctia thibetica Felder, 1874; Reise Novara: pl. 101, f. 12
Arctia tibetica[sic] ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 465, f. 203
Arctia intercalaris thibetica ; [DubC]

A. i. suttadra Moore, 1879

Kashmir Arctia intercalaris suttadra Moore, 1879
Arctia suttadra Moore, 1879; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. [?]1879: 395

A. i. cajula Staudinger, 1886

Arctia intercalaris cajula Staudinger, 1886
Arctia cajula Staudinger, 1886; Ent. Month. Mag. 22: 258

A. i. aurantiaca Seitz, 1910

NW.Himalayas? Arctia intercalaris aurantiaca Seitz, 1910
Arctia aurantiaca Seitz, 1910; Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 98

A. i. triangularum Petschke, 1934

Pakistan Arctia intercalaris triangularum Petschke, 1934

A. i. ?truncata Kotzsch, 1938/39

Arctia intercalaris ?truncata Kotzsch, 1938/39

Arctia ladakensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)

C.Tien Shan, Xinjiang (Aksu). See [About maps] Oroncus ladakensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 116
Oroncus ladakensis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia ladakensis ; [DubA, (p. 52, unnumbered)]; [DubC]

Arctia weigerti De Freina & Witt, 1985

N.Pakistan (Karakorum). See [About maps] Arctia weigerti ; [DubO]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[DubA]

Dubatolov, 1996; A list of the Arctiinae of the territory of the former U.S.S.R (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae); In: Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 37: 39-89; A web presentation of the list.

[DubN]

Dubatolov; Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Nearctic Region; (under construction)

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMB]

Holland, 1908; The Moth Book; A popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

O. Bang-Haas, 1927

Horae Macrolepidopterologicae Regionis Palaearcticae Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 128pp, 11pls

Butler, 1877

Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Japan Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 20: 393-404, 473-483

Butler, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 1-23, 171-200, 579-600

Draudt, 1931

4. Family: Arctiidae. The Palaearctic Bombyces and Sphinges. Div. I. Fauna Palaearctica in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, Suppl. 2: 61-94, pl. 5-7

Dubatolov, 1990

Novye taksony vysshikh medvedits Palearktiki. Soobstshenie 2 [New taxa of Arctiinae from the Palearctic. Note 2] Taksonomiya nasekomykh i gelmintov. Novosibirsk: 89-101

Dubatolov, 1996

Three contributions to the knowledge of palearctic Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 37:

H. Edwards, 1886

Apparently new forms of N. American Heterocera Ent. Amer. 2: 165-171

Eversmann, 1843

Quaedam lepidopterorum species novae in montibus Uralensibus et Altaicus habitantes nunc descriptae et depictae Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 16 (3): 535-553, 4pls

de Freina, 1999

Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257

Godman & Salvin, 1885

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-64

Graeser, 1892

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes Berl. Ent. Ztg. 37: 209-234

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: xix+690pp

Harris, 1841

A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 459pp

Heyne, 1899

Neue und wenig bekante melanistische Formen europäischer Grossschmetterlinge Soc. Ent. 14: 97-98, 105-106

Hübner, [1806]

Tentamen determinationis digestionis alque denominationis singlarum stripium Lepidopterorum, peritisad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum, a Jacob Hübner Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: -

Hübner, 1804

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. II. Sphinges - Schwärmer ("Zweyte Band" - part) Samml. eur. Schmett. [2] (Ziefer?): 75-100, : [1-10], 11-32 (1796), (cancelled) pl. 1, f. 1-5 (1796), pl. 1. f. 1-5 (1803-1806), pl. 2-16, f. 6-78 (1796), pl. 17, f. 79-84 (1796-1799), pl. 18-20, f. 85-101 (1803-1806), pl. 21-22, f. 102-109 (1803-1806), pl. 23, f. 110-112 (1807-1808), pl. 24-29, f. 113-136 (1808- 1813), pl. 30, f. 137-140 (1814-1817), pl. 31, f. 141-143 (1818-1819), pl. 32-34, f. 144-155 (1819-1822), pl. 35, f. 156-160 (1824-1825), (Geyer), pl. 36, f. 161-164 (1827-1828), pl. 37, f. 165-168 (1834-1836), pl. 38, f. 169-173 (1836-1838)

Hübner, [1819]; Hübner, [1820]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Moore, 1879

Description of new genera and species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. [?]1879: 387-417, pl. 32

Poey, 1832

Centurie de Lépidoptères de l'ile de Cuba contenat la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus, réprésentés d'après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: 54pp, 20pls

Püngeler, 1901

Neue Macrolepidopteren aus Centralasien Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 14: 171-191, pl. 1-3

Rothschild, 1910

Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 172-188

Schrank, 1802

Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 2 (2) Fauna Boica 2 (2): ? pp.

Seitz, 1910

4. Familie: Arctiidae, Bärenspinner. In Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. I Abt.: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 2: Die Palaearktischen Spinner & Schwärmer. Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: -

Stshetkin, 1982

Novyi podvid - Arctia caja pamiroalaica Stshetkin, subspec. nov. - iz Srednei Asii (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Izvestiya Akad. Nauk Tadzh. SSR. Otd. biol. nauk 1: 39-43

Sheljuzhko, 1935

Einige neue und wenig bekante Lepidopteren aus dem Westlichen Tian-Schan Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 25: 27-38, pl. 3

Spuler, 1906

XXIII. Fam. Arctiidae Schmett. Eur., 2: 128-152

Staudinger, 1879

Lepidopteren-Fauna Kleinasiens Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 176-482

Staudinger, 1886

Description of a new Bombyx allied to Arctia caja Ent. Month. Mag. 22: 258

Wiltshire, 1961

Ergebnisse der Deutschen Afghanistanexpedition 1956 der Landessammlungen fur Naturkunde Karlsruhe. Beitr. naturk. Forsch. SW-Deutschl. 19(3): 337-371, pl.

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