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Streltzovia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from East Asia. By general appearance, it is very similar to Spilosoma species, but male genitalia are different. The genus consists of only one species, Streltzovia caeria, which is found China.

Streltzovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Spilosomini
Genus:	Streltzovia Dubatolov et Wu, 2008
Species:	S. caeria
Binomial name
Streltzovia caeria (Püngeler, 1906)
Type species
Spilosoma streltzovi Dubatolov, 1996
Synonyms
Diacrisia (Spilosoma) caeria Püngeler, 1906 Spilosoma caeria Spilosoma mienshanica Daniel, 1943 Spilosoma mienshanicum Spilosoma streltzovi Dubatolov, 1996

Subspecies

• Streltzovia caeria caeria (China: Qinghai, Gansu, Nei Mongol)
• Streltzovia caeria mienshanica (Daniel, 1943) (China: Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Nei Mongol, Heilongjiang)
• Streltzovia caeria streltzovi (Dubatolov, 1996) (China: northern Heilongjiang)

References

• Dubatolov, V. V. & Wu, Ch., 2008: On the systematic position of Spilosoma caeria (Pungeler, 1906) and Spilosoma mienshanicum Daniel, 1943 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 367-374, 9 figs., pl. 15-17, Würzburg.
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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