''Soganaclia viridisparsa'' is a

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 ...

of 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 ...

first described by Paul Griveaud in 1964. It is found in northern

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 ...

where it seems to be confined to the high altitudes of the

Tsaratanana Massif Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean located off the eastern coast of Southern Africa, east of Mozambique. It has a total area of with of land and of water. Madagascar is the list of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the ...

.Griveaud, P. (1970). ''Mémoires ORSTORM No. 37, Lépidoptères Amatidae récoltés dans le Massif du Tsaratanana'': 206.

References

Arctiinae Lepidoptera of Madagascar Moths described in 1964 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Arctiinae-stub