Biology:Amerila vidua

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Short description: Species of moth

Amerila vidua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. vidua
Binomial name
Amerila vidua
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Stoll, [1781] Cramer, 1780
  • Rhodogastria vidua
  • Phalaena Noctua vidua
  • Phalaena Noctua mauritia Rhodogastria vidua mauritia

Amerila vidua is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.[1]

Subspecies

  • Amerila vidua vidua
  • Amerila vidua mauritia (Stoll, [1781]) (Mauritius)

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/AMERVIDU. Retrieved November 19, 2017. 
  • Cramer, P., 1780: De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique & l'Amerique] 3: 1-176, t. CXCII-CCLXXXVII, Amsterdam, Utrecht.
  • Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M., 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Systematic Entomology 22 (1): 1-44.

Wikidata ☰ Q4745781 entry