Centrarctia
| Centrarctia mongolica | |
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| Centrarctia mongolica, a female. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Micrarctiina |
| Genus: | Centrarctia Dubatolov, 1990 |
| Species: | C. mongolica |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrarctia mongolica (Alpheraky, 1888) | |
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Centrarctia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains a single species, Centrarctia mongolica, found in the Gobi desert and neighboring arid territories.
The larvae feed on Artemisia sieversiana.[1]
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