''Chelis wagneri'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. It was described by Püngeler in 1918. It is found in central Tien Shan, a mountain range in Central Asia. This species was moved from the genus ''Palearctia'' to '' Chelis'' as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.

References

* Moths described in 1918 Arctiina {{Arctiina-stub