Ardices is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855 and the moths are found in Australia.[1]

Ardices
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Ardices
Walker, 1855
Type species
Ardices fulvohirta
Walker, 1855

Species edit

Subgenus Australemyra Dubatolov, 2005

References edit

  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ardices Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  • Dubatolov, V. V., 2005: On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 36 (1/2): 173–179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).