Biology:Amsacta
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Amsacta Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
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Amsacta is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1855. The genus contains several species that need a review.
Species congeneric to the type species
- Amsacta fuscosa (Bartel, 1903)
- Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
- Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Amsacta sensu lato
- Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910
- Amsacta duberneti Toulgoët, 1968
- Amsacta flavicostata (Gaede, 1916)
- Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901
- Amsacta moloneyi Druce, 1887
- Amsacta nigrisignata Gaede, 1923
- Amsacta nivea Hampson, 1916
- Amsacta paolii Berio, 1936
References
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). Search results Family: Arctiidae. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q4748755 entry
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