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''Menegites'' is a genus of moth in the family
Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
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Species

* '' Menegites nivea'' Kiriakoff, 1954 * '' Menegites sulphurea'' (Bartel, 1903)


References

* , 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). ''Atalanta'' 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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