Amsactarctia pulchra

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Amsactarctia pulchra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amsactarctia
Species:
A. pulchra
Binomial name
Amsactarctia pulchra
(Rothschild, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Amsacta pulchraRothschild, 1933

Amsactarctia pulchra is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Ethiopia and Kenya. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Amsactarctia pulchra (Rothschild, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.