Amerila fennia

Amerila fennia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species: A. fennia
Binomial name
Amerila fennia
(Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Pelochyta fennia Druce, 1887
  • Rhodogastria metasarca Hampson, 1911

Amerila fennia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Gambia and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Dracaena species.

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