Amerila mulleri

Amerila mulleri is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Christoph L. Häuser and Michael Boppré in 1997. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Eswatini and Zimbabwe.[1]

Amerila mulleri
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Arctiinae
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A. mulleri
Binomial name
Amerila mulleri
Häuser & Boppré, 1997
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria alba Muller, 1980 (nomen nudum)

Comments

This species had first been discovered by Simon Muller when examining material from Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria and Natural History Museum in London, who had given it the name 'alba' in an unpublished graduation thesis (Muller, 1980: 65). As a valid description of that name had never been published, Häuser and Boppré (1997) took the pleasure to name this species in dedication to its discoverer.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997". Afromoths. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M., 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Systematic Entomology 22 (1): 1-44.
  • Muller, S., 1980: Some Afrotropical moths placed in the genera Diacrisia and Rhodogastria (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). – Amsterdam: Biologisch Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, 1980: 1-190.


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