| Amerila castanea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila castanea (Hampson, 1911) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amerila castanea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1911. It is found in Nigeria. [1]
Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
Streblote is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Amerila brunnea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Amerila fuscivena is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Uganda.
Amerila leucoptera is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Amerila lupia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Amerila luteibarba is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.
Amerila thermochroa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Amerila vitrea is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Carl Plötz in 1880. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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