''Lithosarctia'' is a
genus
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of
tiger moths in the family
Erebidae
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. The genus was erected by Franz Daniel in 1954. The moths in the genus are from western
China
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and
Himalayas
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.
Species
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Lithosarctia hoenei''
Daniel, 1954
Subgenus ''Ocnogynodes'' Dubatolov, 1987
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Lithosarctia goergneri''
de Freina & Witt, 1994
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Lithosarctia kozlovi''
Dubatolov, 2002
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Lithosarctia thomasi''
de Freina & Witt, 1994
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Lithosarctia y-albulum''
(Oberthür, 1886)
References
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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