''Sigela'' is a
genus of
moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The genus was erected by
George Duryea Hulst in 1896.
Taxonomy
The genus was previously classified in the subfamily
Acontiinae of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
Species
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Sigela basipunctaria
''Sigela basipunctaria'', the spotted sigela moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, ...
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Walker, 1861
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Sigela brauneata
''Sigela brauneata'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae species description, first described by Louis W. Swett in 1913. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Sigela brauneata'' is List of moths of North America ( ...
''
(Swett, 1913) (formerly ''Quandara brauneata'')
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Sigela eoides
''Sigela eoides'', the youthful sigela moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was species description, first described by William Barnes (entomologist), William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913 and it is found in North ...
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Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 (misspelling ''Sigela coides'')
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Sigela holopolia''
Dyar, 1914
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Sigela leucozona''
Hampson, 1910
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Sigela mathetes''
Dyar, 1914
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Sigela ormensis''
Schaus, 1914
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Sigela penumbrata
''Sigela penumbrata'', the stippled sigela moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in North America, including Tennessee and Florida.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the d ...
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Hulst, 1896
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Sigela sodis''
Dyar, 1914
References
Scolecocampinae
Moth genera
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