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

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

References

  1. 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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