Sigela
Hulst, 1896
False Pug Moths
Species Guides
10- Sigela basipunctaria(Spotted Sigela Moth)
- Sigela brauneata(Brown False Pug)
- Sigela eoides(Tawny False Pug Moth)
- Sigela incisa
- Sigela lynx
- Sigela minuta
- Sigela n-sp-one
- Sigela penumbrata(Stippled Sigela Moth)
- Sigela rosea
Sigela is a of in the Erebidae, commonly known as False Pug Moths. The genus was erected by George Duryea Hulst in 1896 and was previously classified in the Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae. It currently contains approximately 16 described distributed across North, Central, and South America, with notable diversity in Florida and Panama.
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How to pronounce Sigela: /sɪˈɡɛlə/
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Distribution
of Sigela are known from North America (including Florida), Mexico, Panama, and South America (French Guyana). Several species are to Florida, including S. basipunctaria, S. incisa, S. lynx, S. minuta, S. rosea, S. sordes, and S. subincisa. Other species occur in Panama (S. holopolia, S. mathetes, S. sodis), Mexico (S. vilhelmina), and Central and South America (S. leucozona, S. ormensis).
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Taxonomic History
Sigela was previously placed in the Acontiinae of the Noctuidae. It is now classified in the subfamily Scolecocampinae of the family Erebidae.
Nomenclatural Note
Sigela eoides was originally described as Sigela coides by Barnes & McDunnough in 1913; the spelling 'eoides' is a subsequent correction. Sigela brauneata was originally described in the Quandara.