Arctiites

Arctiites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: †Arctiites
Rebel 1898
Species: †A. deletus
Binomial name
†Arctiites deletus
Rebel, 1898

Arctiites is an extinct genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It was described by Rebel in 1889, and the type species is Arctiites deletus. The species was described from Gabbro near Pisa. It is dated to the Miocene.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
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