- Menegites
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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, 1954Type species Menegites nivea
Kiriakoff, 1954Menegites 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
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