Carcinarctia
Appearance
Carcinarctia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Carcinarctia Hampson, 1901 |
Type species | |
Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901[1]
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Carcinarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901 and they are found in the Afrotropics.
Species
[edit]- Carcinarctia kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1924
- Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916
- Carcinarctia laeliodes fasciata Debauche, 1942
- Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901
- Carcinarctia rougeoti Toulgoët, 1977
- Carcinarctia rufa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Carcinarctia Hampson, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Carcinarctia.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.