Carcinarctia
Sign in to saveCarcinarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901 and they are found in the Afrotropics.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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- Carcinarctia
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- Carcinarctia metamelaena
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Carcinarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901 and they are found in the Afrotropics.
== Species == Carcinarctia kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1924 Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916 Carcinarctia laeliodes fasciata Debauche, 1942 Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901 Carcinarctia rougeoti Toulgoët, 1977 Carcinarctia rufa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
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