''Amsactoides'' is
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
tiger moths in the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Shōnen Matsumura
was a Japanese entomologist.
Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shōnen Matsumura established Japan's first course on entomology at Hokkaido University. The courses were both applied (on insects of importance in forestry and agriculture) and theoreti ...
in 1927.
Species
The genus contains two species:
* ''
Amsactoides guangxica''
Dubatolov & Kishida, 2009
* ''
Amsactoides solitaria''
(Wileman, 1910)
Additional species may occur in
Mainland Southeast Asia.
References
*
Spilosomina
Moth genera
Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura
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