Bitecta

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Bitecta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Bitecta
Heylaerts, 1891

Bitecta is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It is considered a synonym of Teulisna by some authors. [1] [2]

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Species

If the genus is accepted, it consists of at least the following species:

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References

  1. Teulisna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Teulisna at The Moths of Borneo