''Estigmene'' is a

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of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by

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in 1820. The species in the genus are native to North and

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Taxonomy

Many species from Africa and Asia were formerly included into this genus, but have now been separated into different genera.

Species

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Estigmene acrea ''Estigmene acrea'', the salt marsh moth or acrea moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Colombia, Mexico. De ...

'' (Drury, 1773) * ''

Estigmene albida ''Estigmene albida'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in the United States from Montana to South Dakota, south to New Mexico and Arizona. It is also found in Mexico, Cost ...

'' (Stretch, 1874)

''Estigmene sensu lato''

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Estigmene angustipennis ''Estigmene angustipennis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by 1855. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to th ...

'' (Walker, 1855) * ''

Estigmene ansorgei ''Estigmene ansorgei'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic o ...

'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''

Estigmene atrifascia ''Estigmene atrifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , i ...

'' (Hampson, 1907) * ''

Estigmene flaviceps ''Estigmene flaviceps'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in Angola, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ...

'' Hampson, 1907 * ''

Estigmene griseata ''Estigmene griseata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣū ...

'' Hampson, 1916 * ''

Estigmene internigralis ''Estigmene internigralis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in Angola and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in A ...

'' Hampson, 1905 * ''

Estigmene laglaizei ''Estigmene laglaizei'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Repu ...

'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''

Estigmene melanoxantha ''Estigmene melanoxantha'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1926. It is found in the Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sah ...

'' Gaede, 1926 * ''

Estigmene multivittata ''Estigmene multivittata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It lives in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country i ...

'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''

Estigmene neuriastis ''Estigmene neuriastis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Cen ...

'' Hampson, 1907 * ''

Estigmene ochreomarginata ''Estigmene ochreomarginata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or E ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1909 * ''

Estigmene rothi ''Estigmene rothi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the ...

'' Rothschild, 1910 * '' Estigmene sabulosa'' Romieux, 1943 * ''

Estigmene tenuistrigata ''Estigmene tenuistrigata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republ ...

'' Hampson, 1900 * '' Estigmene testaceoflava'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''

Estigmene trivitta ''Estigmene trivitta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia Zambia (), officially the ...

'' (Walker, 1855)

References

* Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub