''Amsacta'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of tiger moths in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

erected by Francis Walker in 1855. The genus contains several species that need a review.

Species congeneric to the type species

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Amsacta fuscosa ''Amsacta fuscosa'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Ghana and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordere ...

'' (Bartel, 1903) * ''

Amsacta latimarginalis ''Amsacta latimarginalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in the Central African Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, ...

'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''

Amsacta marginalis ''Amsacta marginalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is ...

'' Walker, 1855

''Amsacta sensu lato''

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Amsacta aureolimbata ''Amsacta aureolimbata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Cen ...

'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''

Amsacta duberneti ''Amsacta duberneti'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1968. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...

'' Toulgoët, 1968 * ''

Amsacta flavicostata ''Amsacta flavicostata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1916. It is found in Cameroon and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is ...

'' (Gaede, 1916) * ''

Amsacta grammiphlebia ''Amsacta grammiphlebia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is ...

'' Hampson, 1901 * ''

Amsacta moloneyi ''Amsacta moloneyi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa. In northern Ghana, it has been reported as a pest of pearl millet Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum''; also ...

'' Druce, 1887 * '' Amsacta nigrisignata'' Gaede, 1923 * '' Amsacta nivea'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Amsacta paolii'' Berio, 1936

References

* Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub