Madagascarctia Explained

Madagascarctia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006.As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings speckled with brown.^[1]

Species

• Madagascarctia adelinae (Toulgoët, 1991)
• Madagascarctia cellularis (Toulgoët, 1954)
• Madagascarctia feminina (Rothschild, 1933)
• Madagascarctia madagascariensis (Butler, 1882)
  • Madagascarctia madagascariensis sparsipuncta (Hampson, 1901)

References

• Dubatolov, V. V. (2006). "New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo. 27 (3): 139–152.
• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Dubatolov, V. V. (2006). "New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo. 27 (3): 139-152. (on page 145).