Detoulgoetia

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Detoulgoetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Detoulgoetia
Dubatolov, 2006
Type species
Spilosoma aspersa
Mabille, 1878

Detoulgoetia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from Madagascar and Comores. As per Goodger & Watson (1995) the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots.[1]

Species

  • Detoulgoetia virginalis (Butler, 1878)
    • Detoulgoetia virginalis comorensis (Rothschild, 1933)
    • Detoulgoetia virginalis pseudosparsata (Rothschild, 1933)
    • Detoulgoetia virginalis pupieri (de Toulgoët, 1991)

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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