Dasyarctia

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Dasyarctia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dasyarctia
Gaede, 1923
Species:
D. grisea
Binomial name
Dasyarctia grisea
Gaede, 1923

Dasyarctia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus includes only one species, Dasyarctia grisea, which is found in South Africa and Tanzania. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Dasyarctia grisea Gaede, 1923". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2017.