Amsacta marginalis

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Amsacta marginalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amsacta
Species:
A. marginalis
Binomial name
Amsacta marginalis
Walker, 1855

Amsacta marginalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2018.