Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Acerbia alpina | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Pararctia lapponica, Holoarctia puengeleri, Grammia quenseli, Coscinia cribraria, Hyphoraia aulica | ||
Acerbia alpina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and north-western Canada.
The wingspan is 42–50 mm.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Vaccinium and Salix herbacea.
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