Gerarctia

Gerarctia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Acontiinae
Genus:	Gerarctia Hampson, 1905
Species:	G. poliotis
Binomial name
Gerarctia poliotis Hampson, 1905
Synonyms
Gerarctia signataPinker, 1965 Gerarctia teldeensisPinker, 1965

Gerarctia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Gerarctia poliotis, is found in the Canary Islands. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1905. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Gerarctia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 6, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (November 6, 2015). "Gerarctia Hampson, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Gerarctia Hampson, 1905". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved October 6, 2020.