Popoudina

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Popoudina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Popoudina
Dubatolov, 2006
Type species
Estigmene pamphilia
Kiriakoff, 1958

Popoudina is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. Formerly, species of this genus were mistakenly included in Estigmene . Probably, some species of the latter genus might belong to Popoudina.

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Subgenus Pseudopopoudina Dubatolov, 2006

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