# Alexicles

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For the ancient Athenian general, see [Alexicles (general)](/source/Alexicles_(general)).

***Alexicles*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus of [tiger moth](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) genus in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). Its only species, ***Alexicles aspersa***, the **Alexicles moth**, is found in the US states of [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico)[1] and [Arizona](/source/Arizona). Both the genus and species were [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Augustus Radcliffe Grote](/source/Augustus_Radcliffe_Grote) in 1883.[2]

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.[3]

## References

1. Savela, Markku. ["*Alexicles* Grote, 1883"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/alexicles/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

1. ["930320.00 – 8143 – *Alexicles aspersa* – Grote, 1883"](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8143). *North American Moth Photographers Group*. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

1. Heiman, Maury J. (June 13, 2013). ["Species *Alexicles aspersa* - Hodges#8143"](http://bugguide.net/node/view/785588). *BugGuide*. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. ["Search results Family: Arctiidae"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. Natural History Museum, London.

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