Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Estigmene (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1773)
Citation:	Pha.[laena] Bomb.[yx] Acrea
Original genus:	Bombyx
Publication:	Drury D. 1770–[1773]. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:	—
Volume:	1
Issue:
Pagination:	7, index; pl. 3, fig. 2
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637999

Estigmene acrea (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773)		unknown		Not stated.	United States of America	[U.S.A.], New York, Maryland, Virginia, vi and ix.

Distribution note:

Nearctic: Canada, U.S.A.; Neotropical: Colombia, Mexico. This species is probably adventive in Africa (see D. T. Goodger & A. Watson 1995: 9).

Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 107 (as mombasana)
Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773)	Kenya		Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. page 154 (as mombasana)

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Estigmene acrea (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Estigmene mombasana (Rothschild, 1910)	(Rothschild, 1910)	species	Synonym	Diacrisia mombasana