Estigmene | |
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Estigmene acrea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: |
Estigmene Hübner, [1820] |
Type species | |
Phalaena acrea Drury, 1773 |
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Estigmene is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The species in the genus are native to North and Central America.
Many species from Africa and Asia were formerly included into this genus, but have now been separated into different genera.