| Acantharctia ansorgei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Acantharctia |
| Species: | A. ansorgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Acantharctia ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 | |
"Acantharctia" ansorgei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Uganda. [1]
Although placed in the Arctiidae genus Acantharctia , this species is probably a Notodontidae species.
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