''Detoulgoetia'' is a

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of tiger moths in the family

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. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. The moths are found in

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and

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. David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) note that the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots.Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo'' 27 (3): 139-152. (on page 145)
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Species

* '' Detoulgoetia aspersa'' (Mabille, 1879) (now considered as a synonym of ''D. virginalis'') * '' Detoulgoetia comorensis'' Rothschild, 1933 * '' Detoulgoetia pseudosparsata'' Rothschild, 1933 * '' Detoulgoetia virginalis'' (Butler, 1878) ** ''Detoulgoetia virginalis comorensis'' (Rothschild, 1933) ** ''Detoulgoetia virginalis pseudosparsata'' (Rothschild, 1933) ** ''Detoulgoetia virginalis pupieri'' (Toulgoët, 1991)

References

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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub