NAF, EU, W.Russia, Ural, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Iran, Near East. See [About maps]
Cream-spot Tiger
Schwarzer Bär
Ècaille fermière
Quelonia
Fläckig björnspinnare
fekete medvelepke
Phalaena villica Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 501, TL: Europe
?Bombyx angelica Geyer, ?1841; Eur. Schmett. 2: f. 326-327
floresi Agenjo, 1942
Epicallia villica, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia villica, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Arctia villica, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Arctia villica, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Arctia villica, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Arctia villica ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 466
Epicallia villica ; [DubA, #38]
Larva on
Taraxacum,
Plantago,
Achillea,
Lamium,
Urtica,
Centaurea,
Fragaria [BSW]
S.Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, Moldoa, European Russia, W.Siberia, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, C.Europe
Bombyx vidua Poda, 1761; Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 88
Arctia domiduca Meigen, 1832; Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 3: 267, pl. 123, f. 12
Arctia nigrella Fettig, 1889; in Dobiasch, Entomol. Almanach: 42
britannica Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 135
Arctia nicaeensis Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 138
Arctia corsica Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 139
meridionalis Heinrich, 1923
wambachi von der Goltz, 1932
Epicallia villica villica ; [DubA, #38a]
Arctia villica villica ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 7a-b
Bombyx konewkai Freyer, 1831; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 1 : 6, 79, : 134 (1832), : 178 (1833), pl. 33, f. 1-2 (konewkaii?)
Euprepia villica var. sicula Zeller, 1847; Isis: 433
Arctia arabum Oberthür, 1910; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 678, pl. 53, f. 447
Chelonia arabum Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 140-141
Arctia fulminans Staudinger, 1871; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 57
Chelonia syriaca Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 141
SE.Transcaucasia, N.Iran
Arctia villica confluens Romanoff, 1884; Mém. lépidop., Ed. N.M. Romanoff, 1: 87, pl. 4, f. 9
Epicallia villica confluens ; [DubA, #38b]
daralagezi O. Bang-Haas
= ; [DubP]
Epicallia villica marchandi ; [Dubatolov]
Arctia villica marchandi ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 8a-b
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