''Amsacta'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
tiger moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
erected by
Francis Walker in 1855. The genus contains several species that need a review.
Species congeneric to the type species
* ''
Amsacta fuscosa''
(Bartel, 1903)
* ''
Amsacta latimarginalis''
Rothschild, 1933
* ''
Amsacta marginalis''
Walker, 1855
''Amsacta sensu lato''
* ''
Amsacta aureolimbata''
Rothschild, 1910
* ''
Amsacta duberneti''
Toulgoët, 1968
* ''
Amsacta flavicostata''
(Gaede, 1916)
* ''
Amsacta grammiphlebia''
Hampson, 1901
* ''
Amsacta moloneyi''
Druce, 1887
* ''
Amsacta nigrisignata''
Gaede, 1923
* ''
Amsacta nivea''
Hampson, 1916
* ''
Amsacta paolii''
Berio, 1936
References
*
Spilosomina
Noctuoidea genera
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