Margitesia

Margitesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Margitesia
Strand, 1935
Species:
M. bugaba
Binomial name
Margitesia bugaba
(H. Druce, 1891)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Margites H. Druce, 1891

Specific

  • Margites bugaba H. Druce, 1891

Margitesia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Strand in 1935. Its only species, Margitesia bugaba, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in Panama.