Detoulgoetia

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Detoulgoetia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Detoulgoetia
Dubatolov, 2006
Type species
Spilosoma aspersa
Mabille, 1878

Detoulgoetia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. The moths are found in Madagascar and Comores. David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) note that the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots. [1]

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