Family Arctiidae
(footman moths and tiger moths)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, butterflies and moths, and moths)
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  Suborder Macrolepidoptera
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  Superfamily Noctuoidea
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  Family Arctiidae (footman moths and tiger moths)
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  Genus Apantesis
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  Genus Arctia
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  Subfamily Ctenuchine
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  Genus Diacrisia
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  Genus Ectypia
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  Genus Estigmene
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  Genus Euchaetes
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  Genus Halysidota
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  Genus Hyphantria
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  Genus Hypoprepia
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  Genus Lexis
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  Genus Lophocampa
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  Genus Phragmatobia
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  Genus Platarctia
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  Genus Pyrrharctia
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  Genus Spilosoma
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  Genus Syntomeida
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  Genus Tyria
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  Genus Utetheisa