Chelis reticulata explained

Chelis reticulata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, the Kopet Dagh, Asia Minor, Syria, northern Lebanon and northern Iran.^[1]

Subspecies

• Chelis reticulata reticulata (Kopet Dagh)
• Chelis reticulata schwingenschussi Daniel, 1933 (Lebanon)
• Chelis reticulata sultana Schwingenschuss, 1938 (Turkey)
• Chelis reticulata transcaucasica Dubatolov, 1988 (Armenia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia)

References

• Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum, London

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/chelis/index.html Chelis