Amerila brunnea

Amerila brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Amerila
Species: A. brunnea
Binomial name
Amerila brunnea
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria brunnea Hampson, 1901
  • Rhodogastria subvitrea Bartel, 1903

Amerila brunnea is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

Subspecies

  • Amerila brunnea brunnea
  • Amerila brunnea bipartitoides Häuser et Boppre, 1997 (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

References

  1. "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-24.


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