Biology:Afrophyla
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Short description: Monotypic genus of geometer moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Oenochrominae |
| Genus: | Afrophyla Warren, 1895 |
| Species: | A. vethi
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrophyla vethi (Snellen, 1886)
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Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.[2][3]
It has one subspecies, Afrophyla vethi meloui Prout, 1930, which is found in Madagascar .[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=206873.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Afrophyla Warren, 1895". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/oenochrominae/Afrophyla/. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=206871.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Afrophyla vethi ssp. meloui". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=206874.
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