The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
The Phaegopterina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the tribe Arctiini, which is part of the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. 469 species of Phaegopterina are present and 52 that are recently discovered in Brazil.
Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
Argina is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. They are distributed throughout Africa, Mauritius, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, New Guinea and Australia.
Eyralpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.
Katha is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Moore in 1878.
Menegites is a genus of moth in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics.
Nannoarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Nobutoyo Kôda in 1988.
Paraspilarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It occurs in China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
Kishidaria is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Eyralpenus meinhofi is a polymorphic tiger-moth in the family Erebidae first described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is known from the east and central Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Zambia, Angola, Zaire ; Malawi ; Zaire ; Zimbabwe.
Fangarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2003. The moths are found in the Yunnan province in southwestern China.
Monstruncusarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics.
Popoudina is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. Formerly, species of this genus were mistakenly included in Estigmene. Probably, some species of the latter genus might belong to Popoudina.
Ustjuzhania is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from southern and eastern Africa. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2009.
Toulgarctia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Patrick G. Haynes in 2008.
Nannoarctia himalayana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov, Patrick G. Haynes and Yasunori Kishida in 2010. It is found in Nepal and India.
Danielithosia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Afromurzinia sublutescens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1958. It is found in Kenya and Uganda.
Afromurzinia fletcheri is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1958. It is found in Tanzania.
