Menegites

Menegites
Menegites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Menegites
Kiriakoff, 1954
Type species
Menegites nivea
Kiriakoff, 1954

Menegites is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from the Afrotropics.

Species

  • Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Menegites sulphurea (Bartel, 1903)

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog