{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Estigmene acrea.jpg | image_caption = ''Estigmene acrea'' | taxon = Estigmene | authority = Hübner, [1820] | type_species = ''Phalaena acrea'' | type_species_authority = Drury, 1773 | synonyms = *''Leucarctia'' <small>Packard, 1864</small> }}
'''''Estigmene''''' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The species in the genus are native to North and Central America.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/estigmene/ |title=''Estigmene'' Hübner, [1820] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== Many species from Africa and Asia were formerly included into this genus, but have now been separated into different genera.
==Species== * ''Estigmene acrea'' <small>(Drury, 1773)</small> * ''Estigmene albida'' <small>(Stretch, 1874)</small>
=== ''Estigmene sensu lato'' === * ''Estigmene angustipennis'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> * ''Estigmene ansorgei'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small> * ''Estigmene atrifascia'' <small>(Hampson, 1907)</small> * ''Estigmene flaviceps'' <small>Hampson, 1907</small> * ''Estigmene griseata'' <small>Hampson, 1916</small> * ''Estigmene internigralis'' <small>Hampson, 1905</small> * ''Estigmene laglaizei'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small> * ''Estigmene melanoxantha'' <small>Gaede, 1926</small> * ''Estigmene multivittata'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small> * ''Estigmene neuriastis'' <small>Hampson, 1907</small> * ''Estigmene ochreomarginata'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1909</small> * ''Estigmene rothi'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small> * ''Estigmene sabulosa'' <small>Romieux, 1943</small> * ''Estigmene tenuistrigata'' <small>Hampson, 1900</small> * ''Estigmene testaceoflava'' <small>Rothschild, 1933</small> * ''Estigmene trivitta'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
==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:Moth genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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