Madagascarctia
| Madagascarctia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Madagascarctia Dubatolov, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Euchaetes madagascariensis Butler, 1882 | |
Madagascarctia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings speckled with brown.[1]
Species
- Madagascarctia adelinae (Toulgoët, 1991)
- Madagascarctia cellularis (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).
- 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.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.