Carcinarctia
Encyclopedia
Carcinarctia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae
from the Afrotropics.
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
from the Afrotropics.
Species
- Carcinarctia kivuensis Joicey et Talbot, 1924
- Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916
- Carcinarctia laeliodes fasciata Debauche, 1942
- Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901
- Carcinarctia rougeoti de Toulgoët, 1977
- Carcinarctia rufa (Joicey et Talbot, 1921)