Arcte Explained

Arcte is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae quite simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with long hair. Abdomen^[1] in male with a strongly ridged chitinous rasp on center of dorsum of penultimate segment, probably played on by the strong chitinous spurs of the hindlegs. Tibia fringed with long hairs.

Species

• Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852
• Arcte granulata (Guenée, 1852)
• Arcte modesta (Hoeven, 1840)
• Arcte polygrapha Kollar, [1844]
• Arcte taprobana Moore, 1885

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Arcte Kollar, [1844] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190113182251/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/arcte/ . January 13, 2019 . dead.
• Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Arcte Kollar, 1844 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . 10.5519/s93616qw . February 13, 2020.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Moths - Vol. II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.