Afromurzinia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae and found in the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Patrick G. Haynes in 2008.
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| Translucent Ermine (Spilosoma lutescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Afromurzinia Dubatolov & Haynes, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Spilosoma lutescens Walker, 1855
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Species
edit- Afromurzinia fletcheri (Kiriakoff, 1958)
- Afromurzinia lutescens (Walker, 1855)
- Afromurzinia sublutescens (Kiriakoff, 1958)
References
edit- Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Haynes, Patrick G. (2008). "Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera 1. New genera from the late Prof. V.S. Murzin's collection (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 39 (1-4): 356-366.
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