''Thyrosticta dujardini'' 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 1969. It is native to

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 ...

. This species has a

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

of 32 mm. The forewings are dark brown, almost black, with four straw-yellow spots. Hindwings are orange yellow with a brown-black edge.Griveaud, P. (1969). "Amatidae nouveaux ou peu connus de Madagascar (Lep.)". ''Bulletin de Madagascar''. 274: 3–20.

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Arctiinae Moths described in 1969 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Arctiinae-stub