Afrospilarctia dissimilis

Last updated

Afrospilarctia dissimilis
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afrospilarctia
Species:
A. dissimilis
Binomial name
Afrospilarctia dissimilis
(Distant, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma dissimilisDistant, 1897

Afrospilarctia dissimilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa. [1]

The larvae feed on Vernonia gerrardi .

Related Research Articles

Ochrota is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1898.

Afrospilarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae and are found in the Afrotropics.

<i>Mittonia hampsoni</i>

Mittonia hampsoni is a species of snout moth in the genus Mittonia. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897 and is known from South Africa and Zambia.

Chrysotypus dawsoni is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae.

Cyana pretoriae is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Amata rendalli is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in South Africa.

Afrospilarctia dentivalva is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2011. It can be found in Zambia.

Afrospilarctia flavidus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Angola, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa.

Afrospilarctia lucida is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Afrospilarctia unipuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Ochrota dissimilis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1956. It is found on Madagascar.

<i>Indarbela</i>

Indarbela is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1922.

Salagena is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Francis Walker in 1865.

Indarbela tegula is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.

Stenoglene bicolor is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in South Africa.

Phiala incana is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).

Phiala polita is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Heteronygmia dissimilis is a species of moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1910. It is native to Africa. The adult moth is on wing from February to November, but is most common between June and September. The larvae feed on the foliage of the East African mahogany and when they are plentiful, they can defoliate the tree.

Acidaliastis micra is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka. African countries of Chad, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Sudan, Somalia towards Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afrospilarctia dissimilis (Distant, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2017.