Biology:Afronyctemera itokina
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Short description: Species of moth
| Afronyctemera itokina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Afronyctemera |
| Species: | A. itokina
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| Binomial name | |
| Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
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Afronyctemera itokina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[1]
The larvae feed on Senecio species.[2]
References
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/NYCTITOK. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/afronyctemera/#itokina. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q16825910 entry
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