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Chelis pardalina

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Chelis pardalina
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. pardalina
Binomial name
Chelis pardalina
(Püngeler, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Tancrea pardalina Püngeler, 1898
  • Ocnogyna pardalina

Chelis pardalina is a species of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae, known from deserts in Central Asia: Kara-Kum, Ustyurt and Sary-Kum. The species was first described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1898.[1] Females are brachypterous.

This species was previously the sole member of the genus Tancrea, but was moved to Chelis along with the species of six other genera as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Tancrea Püngeler, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.