Epicallia

Epicallia Hübner, [1820]

Epicallia Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 182; TS: Phalaena villica Linnaeus
- = Arctia; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 498; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 97

Epicallia; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Epicallia (Arctiinae); Kôda, 1987, Tyô to Ga :
Epicallia (Arctiini); Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 52

Epicallia villica (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, W.Russia, Ural, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Iran, Near East. See [maps] Quelonia Fläckig björnspinnare Schwarzer Bär fekete medvelepke Ècaille fermière Cream-spot Tiger

Phalaena (Bombyx) villica Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 501; TL: Europe
?Bombyx angelica Geyer, ?1841; Eur. Schmett. 2: f. 326-327
?Arctia villica var. bellieri Failla-Tedaldi, 1888; Natur. Sicil. 7 (9): 203
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
?Arctia villica var. nigrofasciata Failla-Tedaldi, 1888; Natur. Sicil. 7 (9): 204
chavigneri Failla-Tedaldi, 1890; Naturalista Siciliano 10 (2-3): 28
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. pallida Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (27): 105
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. brunnescens Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (27): 105
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. caliginosa Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (28): 110
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. krodeli Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (28): 110
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. ursula Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (28): 111
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. illustris Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (29): 113
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. neglecta Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (29): 114
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
?brunhilda Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18: [ ?? not there]
Arctia villica ab. contracta Schultz, 1905; Nyt Mag. naturv. 43: 118
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. strandi Schultz, 1905; Nyt Mag. naturv. 43: 119
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. fasciata Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 135
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 501
Arctia villica ab. medionigra Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 135
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. paucimaculata Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 135
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Arctia villica ab. radiata Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 135
- = Arctia villica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
confluentissima (Oberthür, 1911) (Chelonia); Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 136
- = Arctia villica arabum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
fere-unicolor [= fereunicolor] (Oberthür, 1911) (Chelonia); Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 137
- = Arctia villica arabum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
nigricans (Oberthür, 1912) (Chelonia); Étud. Lépid. Comp. 6: 318, pl. 109, f. 992
- = Arctia villica arabum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
villicula (Strand, 1919) (Arctia); Lepid. Cat. 22: 346 (Hampson "Ab.4")
villicella (Stauder, 1919) (Arctia); Lepid. Cat. 22: 347 (Hampson "Ab.5")
bruyanti (Dufour, 1922) (Arctia); Bull. Soc. Auvergne 1: 29
dryope (Cathrine, 1930) (Arctia)
bellieroides (Draudt, 1932) (Arctia); Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (Suppl.): 88
Arctia villica f. lactescens Froreich, 1941; //www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZOEV_26_0070-0076.pdf] Zs. Wiener EntVer 26: 74
bejarana Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 360
penchei Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 360
fracta Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 361
mageritana Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 361
ampla (Agenjo, 1942) (Arctia); Eos 18 (4): 362
ana-mari [= anamari] Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 362
Arctia villica f. granadae Warnecke, 1943; Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 28: 351
Arctia villica f. diehli Warnecke, 1943; Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 28: 351
Arctia villica ab. aurantior Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 3
Arctia villica ab. posticosuffusa Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 3; TL: Cranleigh, Surrey
Arctia villica ab. infumata Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 3
Arctia villica ab. flavoabdominalis Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4
Arctia villica ab. nigrociliata Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4; TL: Penarth
Arctia villica ab. nigrolimbata Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4; TL: Durham
Arctia villica ab. mediolimbata Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4
Arctia villica ab. mediodeleta Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4
Arctia villica ab. anomala Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 4
Arctia villica ab. kettlewelli Cockayne, 1952; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (11): 301
disconulla (van Wisselingh, 1961) (Arctia); Ent. Ber. 21: 39

Arctia pallida; [LepIndex]
Arctia villica; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 466; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 501; Daniel, 1943, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 758; [BSW]; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98; [FE]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Epicallia villica; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 52 #38; [SZMN]

884x520 (~66Kb) Valdelatas, prov. Madrid, Spain, May-1988, Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros

E. v. villica S.Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, Moldoa, European Russia, W.Siberia, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, C.Europe

Bombyx vidua Poda, 1761; Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 88
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98
Arctia domiduca Meigen, 1832; Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 3: 267, pl. 123, f. 12
Arctia nigrella Fettig, 1889; in Dobiasch, Entomol. Almanach: 42
Chelonia villica britannica Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 135
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98
Chelonia villica nicaeensis Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 138
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98
Chelonia villica corsica Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 139
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98
Arctia villica var. meridionalis Heinrich, 1923; Dt. ent. Zs. 1923 (Beiheft): 116
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98
wambachi (Goltz, 1932) (Arctia); Int. Ent. Zs. 26: 87
Arctia villica britannica var. floresi Agenjo, 1942; Eos 18 (4): 357
- = Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98

Arctia villica villica; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 7a-b; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 98; [iNaturalist]
Arctia villica; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [SVF]
Epicallia villica villica; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 52 #38a; [SZMN]

E. v. angelica (Boisduval, 1829)

villica angelica (Boisduval, 1829); Eur. Lepid. Index Meth.: 42
Bombyx konewkaii Freyer, 1831; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 1: 6, 79, 134, 178, pl. 33, f. 1-2
Euprepia villica var. sicula Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken 1847 (6): 433
Arctia arabum Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 678, pl. 53, f. 447
Chelonia arabum Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 140-141

Arctia villica arabum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 502
Epicallia villica angelica; [SZMN]

E. v. fulminans (Staudinger, 1871) Levant

Arctia villica var. fulminans Staudinger, 1871; Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2): 57

Arctia villica fulminans; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 101

E. v. syriaca (Oberthür, 1911) S.Anatolia

Chelonia villica syriaca Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 141; TL: Akbes

Arctia villica syriaca; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 101

E. v. transuralica Dubatolov, 2007 SW.Siberia

Epicallia villica transuralica Dubatolov, 2007; Atalanta 38 (3/4): 351; TL: Russia, Kurgan Prov, 5km SW from Kurgan, Ketovo

Arctia villica transuralica; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 100

E. v. tienshana (de Freina, 2011) W.Tien Shan

Arctia villica tienshana de Freina, 2011; Entomofauna 32 (4): 100; TL: Kirghizia, W.Tien Shan Mts, Sary Tschelek Lake

E. v. armenogrusinia (de Freina, 2011) Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan

Arctia villica armenogrusinia de Freina, 2011; Entomofauna 32 (4): 102; TL: Asia Minor, Kars, vic. Kagizman, Kötek, 1550m

Epicallia marchandi (de Freina, 1983)

Turkey, N.Iraq, NW.Iran. See [maps]

Arctia villica marchandi de Freina, 1983; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 72: 112; TL: Turkey, Hakkari, Zab-Tal
daralagezi Bang-Haas
- = Epicallia villica marchandi; [DubP]

Arctia marchandi; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 102; [LEPIFORUM]
Arctia villica marchandi; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 8a-b; [LepIndex]
Epicallia marchandi; [iNaturalist]
Epicallia villica marchandi; [Dubatolov]

Epicallia confluens (Romanoff, 1884)

SE.Transcaucasia, N.Iran. See [maps]

Arctia villica confluens Romanoff, 1884; Mém. Lépid. 1: 87, pl. 4, f. 9

Arctia confluens; de Freina, 2011, Entomofauna 32 (4): 103
Epicallia confluens; [iNaturalist]
Epicallia villica confluens; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 52 #38b; [SZMN]

References:

[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[Enrique Garcia-Barros]
Enrique García-Barros; Dept. Biol. (Zool.); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[SZMN] Lepidoptera
Siberian Zoological Museum
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[ZOBODAT[https]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Agenjo, 1942
Acerca del verdadero concepto de la raza angelica Boisd., de villica (L.) y de la validez especifica de Hyphoraia testudinaria (Fourc.), Hyphoraia dejeani (Godt.) y Chelis simplonica (Boisd.) (Lep., Arct.) Eos 18 (4) : 347-380
Boisduval, 1829
Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus Eur. Lepid. Index Meth. : 1-103
Cockayne, 1952
Aberrations of Arctia villica Linnaeus (Lep. Actiidae) Ent. Rec. J. Var. 64 (1): 3-4, (11): 301-302, pl. 12
Daniel, 1943
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arctiidae Ostasiens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ausbeuten H. Höne's aus diesem Gebiet (Lep., Het.) Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (1): 247-269, pl. 13, (3): 673-759, pl. 14-22
Dubatolov, 1996
A list of the Arctiinae of the territory of the former U.S.S.R (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Neue Ent. Nachr. 37 : 39-89
Dubatolov, 2007
New tiger moth taxa from Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Atalanta 38 (3/4) : 351-359
Failla-Tedaldi, 1890
Contribuzione alla fauna Lepidopterologica della Sicilia Naturalista Siciliano 10 (2-3) : 25-31, 1 plate
de Freina, 1983
4. Beitrag zur sytematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens. Neue Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Nomemklatur sowie Beschreibung neuer Taxa (Lepidoptera) Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 72 : 57-127
de Freina, 1999
Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4) : 187-257
de Freina, 2011
Revision des Arctia villica-Komplexes 2. Teil: Nomenklatur und Systematik der osteuropäischasiatischen Arten Arctia villica (LINNAEUS, 1758) (partim), Arctia marchandi DE FREINA, 1983 stat. n. und Arctia confluens ROMANOFF, 1884 stat. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae) Entomofauna 32 (4) : 93-124
[BSW]; de Freina & Witt, 1987
Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis
Freyer, 1831
Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (1-16) Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 1 : 1-80 (1831), : 81-162 (1832), : 163-182 (1833)
Froreich, 1941
Über südlich Rassen des schwarzen Bärenspinners (Arctia villica L.) und deren Zucht //www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZOEV_26_0070-0076.pdf] Zs. Wiener EntVer 26 : 70-76
Goltz, 1932
Eine Aberration von Arctia villica L. Int. Ent. Zs. 26 : 87
Hampson, 1901
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 1-690, pl. 36-54, : i-xix
Hampson, 1920
Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 1-592,592a,593-619, pl. 42-71
Heinrich, 1923
Beitrag zur Makrolepidopterenfauna von Digne (Basses Alpes) Dt. ent. Zs. 1923 (Beiheft) : 1-124
Hübner, [1820]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Kôda, 1987
A Generic Classification of the Subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the Male and Female Genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part I & II Tyô to Ga 38 (3): 153-237 (1987), 39 (1): 1-79 (1988)
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Meigen, 1832
Systematische Beschreibung der europäischen Schmetterlinge; mit Abbildungen auf Steintafeln Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 3 : 1-276, pl. 81-125
Failla-Tedaldi in Mina-Palumbo & Failla-Tedaldi, 1888
Materiali per la fauna lepidotterologica della Sicilia Natur. Sicil. 7 (9) : 201-205
Oberthür, 1910
Notes pour servir à établir la Faune Française et Algérienne des Lépidoptères Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 15-691, pl. 35-58
Poda, 1761
Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 8+127, 2pls
Romanoff, 1884
Les Lépidoptères de la Transcaucasie. Première partie Mém. Lépid. 1 : 1-92, pl. 1-5
Schultz, 1904
Ueber die Variabilität von Arctia villica L. Ent. Zs. 18 (27): 105, (28): 109-112, (29): 113-114
Schultz, 1905
Beschreibung einiger palaearctischer Heteroceren-Aberrationen Nyt Mag. naturv. 43 : 115-122
Draudt in Seitz, 1932
Die Palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Supplement Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (Suppl.) : 1-315, pl. 1-16
Staudinger in Staudinger & Wocke, 1871
Catalog der Lepidopteren des europaeischen Faunegebiets (Edn. 2): - Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2) : 1-421, : 422-426 (Corrigenda et Addenda)
Stauder in Strand, 1919; Strand, 1919
Lepidopterorum Catalogus: Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae Lepid. Cat. 22 : 1-416
Warnecke, 1943
Zwei neue südliche Formen der Arctia villica L. (Lep. Arct.) Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 28 : 349-352
van Wisselingh, 1961
Enige nieuwe vormen van Macrolepidoptera Ent. Ber. 21 : 39-40
Zeller, 1847
Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise Nach Italien und Sicilien Beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten Isis von Oken 1847 (2): 121-159, (3): 213-233, (4): 284-308, (6): 401-457, (7): 481-522, (8): 561-594, (9): 641-673, (10): 721-771, (11): 801-859, (12): 881-914

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