Estigmene

Estigmene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Estigmene
Hübner, [1820]
Type species
Phalaena acrea
Synonyms
  • Leucarctia Packard, 1864

Estigmene is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family from North and Central America. Many species from Africa and Asia were mistakenly included into this genus, but many of hem have been separated nto different genera.

Species

Estigmene sensu lato:

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