Detoulgoetia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. The moths are found in Madagascar and Comores. David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) note that the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots.Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo 27 (3): 139-152. (on page 145)
Species Detoulgoetia aspersa (Mabille, 1879) (now considered as a synonym of D. virginalis) Detoulgoetia comorensis Rothschild, 1933 Detoulgoetia pseudosparsata Rothschild, 1933 Detoulgoetia virginalis (Butler, 1878) Detoulgoetia virginalis comorensis (Rothschild, 1933) Detoulgoetia virginalis pseudosparsata (Rothschild, 1933) Detoulgoetia virginalis pupieri (Toulgoët, 1991)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog