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Lysceia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Francis Walker in 1854. It contains a single species, Lysceia bigutta, described by the same author in the same book, which is found in South Africa.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lysceia biguttata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018. (Note that the database uses the name Lysceia biguttata, but the image of the card says "bigutta". This is confirmed by List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum.)
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Lysceia bigutta Walker, 1854". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
3. Walker, Francis (1854). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 2 Lepidoptera Heterocera. p. 541.
4. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Lysceia bigutta Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

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