Amerila femina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Amerila |
Species: | A. femina |
Binomial name | |
Amerila femina (Berio, 1935) | |
Synonyms | |
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Amerila femina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Emilio Berio in 1935 and is found in Cameroon. [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.
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 bubo is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Amerila madagascariensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. It is found on Madagascar.
Amerila nigroapicalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1900 and is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
Amerila niveivitrea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.
Amerila rufifemur is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amerila syntomina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
Amerila vidua is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
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.
Epilacydes bayoni is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Emilio Berio in 1935 and is found in Uganda.
Paralacydes minorata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Emilio Berio in 1935 and is found in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.