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Alexicles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Alexicles
Grote, 1883
Species:
A. aspersa
Binomial name
Alexicles aspersa
Grote, 1883
This article is for the moth genus. For the ancient Athenian general, see Alexicles (general).

Alexicles is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Alexicles aspersa, the Alexicles Moth, which is found in New Mexico[1] and Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in June.[3]

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