Rhyparia
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Rhyparia is a monotypic genus
of moth
in the family Arctiidae
with one species: Rhyparia purpurata
(Linnaeus, 1758).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
with one species: Rhyparia purpurata
Rhyparia purpurata
The Purple Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe, Anatolia, Syria, Transcaucasus, Central Asia , South Siberia, Mongolia, Amur Region, northern China, Korea and Japan .The length of the forewings is 18–22 mm for males and 22–25 mm for females...
(Linnaeus, 1758).