Amerila vitrea is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Carl Plötz in 1880. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
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mating, Ghana
Amerila vitrea | |
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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. vitrea
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Binomial name | |
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- Amerila vitrea vitrea
- Amerila vitrea saalmuelleri (Rothschild, 1911) (the Comoros and Madagascar)
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.