Afrophyla

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Afrophyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Genus: Afrophyla
Warren, 1895
Species:
A. vethi
Binomial name
Afrophyla vethi
(Snellen, 1886)
Synonyms [1]
  • Afrophyla dichordataWarren, 1895

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 melouiProut, 1930, which is found in Madagascar. [4]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Afrophyla Warren, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla vethi ssp. meloui". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2019.