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Detoulgoetia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Detoulgoetia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The moths are found in Madagascar and Comores. Goodger & Watson (1995) note that the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots.

Species

  • Detoulgoetia aspersa (Mabille, 1879) (now considered as a synonym of D. virginalis)
  • Detoulgoetia comorensis Rothschild, 1933
  • Detoulgoetia pseudosparsata Rothschild, 1933
  • Detoulgoetia virginalis (Butler, 1878)
  • Detoulgoetia virginalis comorensis (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Detoulgoetia virginalis pseudosparsata (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Detoulgoetia virginalis pupieri (de Toulgoët, 1991)

    • References

    Detoulgoetia Wikipedia
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