Dictyestra is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It contains only one species, Dictyestra dissectus, which is found from India to Indo-China, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Sundaland and the Philippines and from Sulawesi to the Moluccas and New Guinea. The species is commonly known as Angle network armyworm.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0