Estigmene

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Estigmene
Estigmene acrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Estigmene
Hübner, [1820]
Type species
Phalaena acrea
Drury, 1773
Synonyms
  • Leucarctia Packard, 1864

Estigmene is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The species in the genus are native to North and Central America.[1]

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