Amerila thermochroa

Amerila thermochroa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Amerila thermochroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Amerila
Species:
A. thermochroa
Binomial name
Amerila thermochroa
(Hampson, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria thermochroa Hampson, 1916

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  • Hampson, G.F., 1916: Descriptions of new species of the family Arctiadae in the British Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 23 (2): 230-240.
  • 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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