Menegites
| Menegites | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Menegites Kiriakoff, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954 | |
Menegites is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from the Afrotropics.
Species
- Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954
- Menegites sulphurea (Bartel, 1903)
References
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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