Amerila alberti is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland.
Amerila alberti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Amerila |
Species: | A. alberti
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Binomial name | |
Amerila alberti (Rothschild, 1910)
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The adults have translucent white wings. They have black spots on the thorax, a red abdomen, and red and orange areas on the legs.[1]
References
edit- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 July 2019). "Amerila alberti (Rothschild, 1910)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 25 August 2019.