Hildegardia 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 insect, belonging to the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Tetrigidae Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Tripp ...

and subfamily of

Metrodorinae MetrodorinaeBolívar I (1887) ''Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31:185. is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are at least 90 genera and more than 590 described species, found in South America, Africa and Asia. Genera The ''Or ...

. The known species of this genus are found in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

and La Réunion.Orthoptera.speciesfile.org
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Species

*'' Hildegardia mauritiicola'' Günther, 1974 - (Mauritius) *'' Hildegardia mauritiivaga'' Günther, 1974 - (Mauritius) *'' Hildegardia reuniivaga'' Hugel, 2007 - (Réunion)

References

Moths of Mauritius Moths of Réunion Tetrigidae {{tetrigidae-stub