Thyrosticta Tollini
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''Thyrosticta tollini'' 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 Georg Adolf Keferstein in 1870. 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 of 32 mm.https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflepid01brituoft#page/132/mode/1up Hampson, ''Lepidoptera in the Collection of the British Museum''


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Arctiinae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa Taxa named by Georg Adolf Keferstein Moths described in 1870 {{Arctiinae-stub