Rhipidarctia forsteri

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Rhipidarctia forsteri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Rhipidarctia
Species:
R. forsteri
Binomial name
Rhipidarctia forsteri
(Kiriakoff, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Elsa forsteriKiriakoff, 1953
  • Rhipidarctia punctulataKiriakoff, 1963
  • Rhipidarctia forsteri ruandaeKiriakoff, 1961
  • Rhipidarctia unicolorKiriakoff, 1957

Rhipidarctia forsteri is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1953. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff ,1953)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 7, 2019.