Madagascarctia
| Madagascarctia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Madagascarctia Dubatolov, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Euchaetes madagascariensis Butler, 1882 | |
| Species | |
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4 species, see below | |
Madagascarctia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from Madagascar. As per Goodger & Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings speckled with brown.[1]
Species
- Madagascarctia adelinae (de Toulgoët, 1991)
- Madagascarctia cellularis (de Toulgoët, 1954)
- Madagascarctia feminina (Rothschild, 1933)
- Madagascarctia madagascariensis (Butler, 1882)
- Madagascarctia madagascariensis sparsipuncta (Hampson, 1901)
References
- ↑ Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo 27 (3): 139-152. (on page 145)]
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- Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo 27 (3): 139-152.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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