Spilarctia

Spilarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.

Spilarctia
Spilarctia postrubida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Spilarctia
Butler, 1875
Synonyms
  • Olistheria Hübner, 1820

Subgenus Spilarctia

Subgenus Rhodareas Kirby, 1892

  • Spilarctia melanopsis (Walker, [1865])

Subgenus Praephragmatobia Dubatolov & Y. Kishida, 2010

Taxonomy

Spilarctia species are often included in Spilosoma.

References

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