Acantharctia
| Acantharctia | |
|---|---|
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| Acantharctia tenuifasciata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Acantharctia Aurivillius, 1899 [1900] |
| Type species | |
| Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1899 [1900] | |
Acantharctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae, found in the Afrotropics.
This genus consists of 15 species:[1]
- Acantharctia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1910)
- Acantharctia atriramosa (Hampson, 1907)
- Acantharctia aurivillii (Bartel, 1903)
- Acantharctia bivittata (Butler, 1898)
- Acantharctia flavicosta (Hampson, 1900)
- Acantharctia guineae (Strand, 1912)
- Acantharctia lacteata (Rothschild, 1933)
- Acantharctia latifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
- Acantharctia latifusca (Hampson, 1907)
- Acantharctia metaleuca (Hampson, 1901)
- Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
- Acantharctia nigrivena (Rothschild, 1935)
- Acantharctia nivea (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910)
- Acantharctia vittata (Aurivillius, 1900)
Acantharctia bicoloria (Gaede, 1916) is considered a former species.
References
- ↑ "Acantharctia Aurivillius, 1899". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
External links
- Acantharctia at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
Media related to Acantharctia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acantharctia at Wikispecies
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