Eospilarctia yuennanica explained

Eospilarctia yuennanica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in China and Vietnam.^[1]

The wingspan is 59–66 mm.

Subspecies

• Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica (China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
• Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana Saldaitis et al., 2012 (Vietnam: Chapa, Mount Fan-si-pan)

Eospilarctia guangdonga was formerly treated as a subspecies of Eospilarctia yuennanica.

Notes and References

1. Aidas . Saldaitis . Povilas . Ivinskis . Thomas . Witt . Oleg . Pekarsky . amp . 2012 . Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo – Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies . ZooKeys . 204 . 53–70 . 10.3897/zookeys.204.3056. 22787420 . 3391722 . free .