Biology:Afromurzinia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Afromurzinia
Translucent Ermine (Spilosoma lutescens) (30266188916).jpg
Translucent Ermine (Spilosoma lutescens)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Afromurzinia
Dubatolov & Haynes, 2008
Type species
Spilosoma lutescens
Walker, 1855

Afromurzinia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae and found in the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Patrick G. Haynes in 2008.

Species

References

  • Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Haynes, Patrick G. (2008). "Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera 1. New genera from the late Prof. V.S. Murzin's collection (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 39 (1-4): 356-366.

Wikidata ☰ Q4690296 entry