''Madagascarctia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

from

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings speckled with brown.Dubatolov, V. V. (2006)
"New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
''Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo''. 27 (3): 139-152. (on page 145).

Species

* ''

Madagascarctia adelinae ''Madagascarctia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lyi ...

'' (Toulgoët, 1991) * ''

Madagascarctia cellularis ''Madagascarctia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings spec ...

'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''

Madagascarctia feminina ''Madagascarctia feminina'' is a moth of the Arctiinae family. Distribution This moth is only known from Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and nume ...

'' (Rothschild, 1933) * ''

Madagascarctia madagascariensis ''Madagascarctia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings spec ...

'' (Butler, 1882) ** ''Madagascarctia madagascariensis sparsipuncta'' (Hampson, 1901)

References

*Dubatolov, V. V. (2006). "New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". ''Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo''. 27 (3): 139–152. * Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub