Gerarctia

Gerarctia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Gerarctia
Hampson, 1905
Species:
G. poliotis
Binomial name
Gerarctia poliotis
Hampson, 1905
Synonyms
  • Gerarctia signata Pinker, 1965
  • Gerarctia teldeensis Pinker, 1965

Gerarctia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Gerarctia poliotis, is found in the Canary Islands. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1905.