Arctia ungemachi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1924 and is named after Henri Ungemach. It is found in Morocco.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. ungemachi
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924)
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The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.[2]
This species, along with the others of the genus Atlantarctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Arctia ungemachi.
- ^ Lepiforum e. V.
- ^ Savela, Markku (November 25, 2018). "Atlantarctia ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1924)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ 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.