Biology:Afrasura rivulosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Afrasura rivulosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afrasura
Species:
A. rivulosa
Binomial name
Afrasura rivulosa
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Siccia rivulosa Walker, 1854
  • Asura rivulosa
  • Asura fulvia Hampson, 1900
  • Asura obsolescens Hampson, 1914
  • Asura obsolescens subfulvia Kiriakoff, 1954

Afrasura rivulosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.[1]

Subspecies

  • Afrasura rivulosa rivulosa
  • Afrasura rivulosa ethiopica Durante, 2009 (Ethiopia)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13231926 entry