Ardices

This article is about the genus of tiger moths. For the artist from ancient history, see Ardices (artist).

Ardices is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855 and the moths are found in Australia.^[1]

Ardices
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Ardices Walker, 1855
Type species
Ardices fulvohirta Walker, 1855

Species

• Ardices canescens Butler, 1875
• Ardices glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)

Subgenus Australemyra Dubatolov, 2005

• Ardices curvata (Donovan, 1805)

References

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ardices Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

• Dubatolov, V. V., 2005: On the status of the Australian genus Ardices F. Walker, 1855 with the description of a new subgenus for A. curvata Donovan, 1805 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 36 (1/2): 173–179, 394-395 (colour plate 10).