Gerarctia

Gerarctia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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