Chelis simplonica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Chelis
- Species
- Chelis simplonica
- Scientific Name
- Chelis simplonica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chelis simplonica
Chelis simplonica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. It is found in the Alps of Switzerland, France, and Italy. It has also been recorded from the Cantabrian Mountains north-western Spain. The habitat consists of mountain meadows and pastures.
Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae are polyphagous and have been recorded feeding on Galium, Plantago and Achillea species. The larvae overwinter twice.
...Chelis simplonica in languages:
- French
- Écaille du Simplon
- German
- Schweizeralpenbär
- German
- Schweizer-Alpenbär
- Japanese
- アルプスアミメヒメヒトリ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chelis arragonensis
- Chelis beanii
- Chelis brucei
- Chelis buraetica
- Chelis caecilia
- Chelis cantabrica
- Chelis cervini
- Chelis czekanowskii
- Chelis dahurica
- Chelis dubatolovi
- Chelis erschoffii
- Chelis ferghana
- Chelis gracilis
- Chelis kindermanni
- Chelis lafontainei
- Chelis maculosa
- Chelis marinae
- Chelis mongolica
- Chelis puengeleri
- Chelis reticulata
- Chelis simplonica
- Chelis sordida
- Chelis strigulosa
- Chelis thianshana











