''Arachnis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

, subfamily

. The genus was erected by

Carl Geyer Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera. Carl Geyer was by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Karl Andreas Geyer (180 ...

in 1837.

Species

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Arachnis aulaea ''Arachnis aulaea'', the aulaean tiger-moth or tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found from southern Arizona in the United States to Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Repu ...

'' Geyer, 1837 * ''

Arachnis citra ''Arachnis citra'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumögen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah. Taxonomy ''Arachnis citra'' was form ...

'' Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 (syn: ''Arachnis apachea'' Clarke, 1941) * ''

Arachnis dilecta ''Arachnis dilecta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. It is found in Mexico and Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic o ...

'' (Boisduval, 1870) * ''

Arachnis martina ''Arachnis martina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, count ...

'' H. Druce, 1897 * ''

Arachnis midas ''Arachnis citra'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumögen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah. Taxonomy ''Arachnis citra'' was form ...

'' Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 * ''

Arachnis mishma ''Arachnis mishma'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the ...

'' H. Druce, 1897 * '' Arachnis nedyma'' Franclemont, 1966 * ''

Arachnis picta ''Arachnis picta'', the painted tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in the Southwestern United States and the bordering parts of Mexico. ...

'' Packard, 1864 * '' Arachnis tristis'' Rothschild, 1935 * '' Arachnis zuni'' Neumoegen, 1890

References

Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub