Ascaptesyle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Lithosiini |
Genus: | Ascaptesyle Dyar, 1905 |
Ascaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Ascaptesyle purpurascens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Peru.
Ascaptesyle submarginata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in Trinidad. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Several genera of the Lithosiini tribe of lichen moths are placed as incertae sedis due to the uncertainty of their phylogenetic relationships within the tribe.