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Canararctia rufescens
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Canararctia rufescens

Canararctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1990. Its only species, Canararctia rufescens, was first described by Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1836. It is endemic to La Gomera and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is 48–66 millimetres (1.9–2.6 in). The moth flies year round.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 560585.