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Caligatus

Caligatus is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae. The genus was erected by William Wing in 1850.

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Caligatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Subfamily: Euteliinae
Genus: caligatus
Wing, [1850]
Synonyms
  • Pacidara Walker, 1865

Caligatus is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae. The genus was erected by William Wing in 1850.123

Species

  • Caligatus angasii Wing, [1850] Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
  • Caligatus dinota (Viette, 1958) Madagascar
  • Caligatus splendissima (Viette, 1958) Madagascar
References

References

  1. Savela, Markku (May 6, 2020). "Caligatus Wing, [1850]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Caligatus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Caligatus Wing, 1850". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 1, 2020.