{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{for |the ancient Athenian general |Alexicles (general)}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Alexicles aspersa | parent_authority = Grote, 1883 | authority = Grote, 1883 }} thumb|Alexicles aspersa. Collected on July 3, 2016 in Mora County, New Mexico from an ultraviolet light trap. Elevation 2560 - 2565 meters in Volcanic Mid-Elevation Forest. '''''Alexicles''''' is a monotypic genus of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, '''''Alexicles aspersa''''', the '''Alexicles moth''', is found in the US states of New Mexico<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/alexicles/ |title=''Alexicles'' Grote, 1883 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref> and Arizona. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8143 |title= 930320.00 – 8143 – ''Alexicles aspersa'' – Grote, 1883 |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref>

The wingspan is about 25&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heiman |first=Maury J. |date=June 13, 2013 |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/785588 |title=Species ''Alexicles aspersa'' - Hodges#8143 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}

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Category:Spilosomina Category:Moths described in 1883 Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Moths of North America Category:Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote

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