# Estigmene

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***Estigmene*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [tiger moths](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae) erected by [Jacob Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner) in 1820. The species in the genus are native to North and [Central America](/source/Central_America).[1]

## Taxonomy

Many species from Africa and Asia were formerly included into this genus, but have now been separated into different genera.

## Species

- *[Estigmene acrea](/source/Estigmene_acrea)* (Drury, 1773)
- *[Estigmene albida](/source/Estigmene_albida)* (Stretch, 1874)

### *Estigmene sensu lato*

- *[Estigmene angustipennis](/source/Estigmene_angustipennis)* (Walker, 1855)
- *[Estigmene ansorgei](/source/Estigmene_ansorgei)* Rothschild, 1910
- *[Estigmene atrifascia](/source/Estigmene_atrifascia)* (Hampson, 1907)
- *[Estigmene flaviceps](/source/Estigmene_flaviceps)* Hampson, 1907
- *[Estigmene griseata](/source/Estigmene_griseata)* Hampson, 1916
- *[Estigmene internigralis](/source/Estigmene_internigralis)* Hampson, 1905
- *[Estigmene laglaizei](/source/Estigmene_laglaizei)* Rothschild, 1910
- *[Estigmene melanoxantha](/source/Estigmene_melanoxantha)* Gaede, 1926
- *[Estigmene multivittata](/source/Estigmene_multivittata)* Rothschild, 1910
- *[Estigmene neuriastis](/source/Estigmene_neuriastis)* Hampson, 1907
- *[Estigmene ochreomarginata](/source/Estigmene_ochreomarginata)* Bethune-Baker, 1909
- *[Estigmene rothi](/source/Estigmene_rothi)* Rothschild, 1910
- *[Estigmene sabulosa](/source/Estigmene_sabulosa)* Romieux, 1943
- *[Estigmene tenuistrigata](/source/Estigmene_tenuistrigata)* Hampson, 1900
- *[Estigmene testaceoflava](/source/Estigmene_testaceoflava)* Rothschild, 1933
- *[Estigmene trivitta](/source/Estigmene_trivitta)* (Walker, 1855)

## References

1. Savela, Markku. ["*Estigmene* Hübner, \[1820\]"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/estigmene/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved September 27, 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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