Amerila niveivitrea

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.[1]

Amerila niveivitrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Amerila
Species:
A. niveivitrea
Binomial name
Amerila niveivitrea
(Bartel, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria niveivitrea Bartel, 1903

The length of the forewings is 26–29 mm.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  2. "Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel)". www.fzi.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  • Bartel, M. (1903). "Neue aetiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 16: 170-214.
  • 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.


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