Afrospilarctia unipuncta

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Afrospilarctia unipuncta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afrospilarctia
Species:
A. unipuncta
Binomial name
Afrospilarctia unipuncta
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Estigmene unipunctaHampson, 1905

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. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Afrospilarctia unipuncta (Hampson, 1905)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.