Amerila fennia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, the Gambia and Uganda.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Amerila |
Species: | A. fennia
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Binomial name | |
Amerila fennia (H. Druce, 1887)
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The larvae feed on Dracaena species.
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 21, 2019.