Estigmene

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Estigmene
Estigmene acrea
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 family Arctiidae native to North and Central America. Many species from Africa and Asia were mistakenly included into this genus, but many of them have been separated into different genera.

Species

Estigmene sensu lato

References

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