Arsacia

For the city formerly known as Arsacia, see Rey, Iran.
For the genus of mantises, see Aethalochroa.

Arsacia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Arsacia
Walker, [1866]
Species:
A. rectalis
Binomial name
Arsacia rectalis
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Amblyzancla Turner, 1936
    • Midea Walker, 1863
    • Notocyma Snellen, 1872
  • Specific
    • Midea rectalis Walker, 1863
    • Arsacia saturatalis Walker, [1866]
    • Notocyma pruinosa Snellen, 1872
    • Arsacia frontirufa Swinhoe, 1885
    • Amblyzancla declivis Turner, 1936

Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.