- Nannoarctia takanoi
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Nannoarctia takanoi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Division: Ditrysia Family: Arctiidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Tribe: Spilosomini Genus: Nannoarctia
(Sonan, 1934)Species: Nannoarctia takanoi Nannoarctia takanoi (Sonan, 1934) is an endemic species of moth in the family Arctiidae from Taiwan. It is probably extinct now; no specimen were collected after II World War. The species was formerly known as Pericallia integra Matsumura, 1931, but specimens from Taiwan are not conspecific to those from the Philippines, where N. integra (F. Walker, 1855) occur.
References
- Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2010: Review of the genus Nannoarctia Kôda, s. str. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 21 (3): 136-152.
- Matsumura, S., 1931: 6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire: 1497+191 p., Tokyo (in Japanese).
- Sonan, J., 1934: On three new species of the moths in Japan and Formosa. Kontyû 8: 212-214, Tokyo.
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