Kingdom Animalia Family Arctiidae Scientific name Watsonarctia casta Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Watsonarctia Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Chelis maculosa, Hyphoraia testudinaria, Rhyparia purpurata, Spilosoma urticae | ||
Watsonarctia deserta (=Arctia casta) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, southern Russia, southern Siberia east to Baikal Lake; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan and Chinese Xinjiang.
The wingspan is 26–32 mm.
The larvae feed on Asperula, Achillea and Galium species (including Galium verum and Galium odoratum).
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