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Acanthofrontia

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Acanthofrontia is a genus of erebid moths in the subfamily Arctiinae with Afrotropical distribution. It was described by George Hampson in 1910.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae
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Acanthofrontia
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Acanthofrontia is a genus of erebid moths in the subfamily Arctiinae with Afrotropical distribution. It was described by George Hampson in 1910.

==Species== As of November 2019, AfroMoths lists the following species: Acanthofrontia anacantha Hampson, 1914 Acanthofrontia atricosta Hampson, 1918 Acanthofrontia bianulata (Wichgraf, 1922) Acanthofrontia dicycla Hampson, 1918 Acanthofrontia frontalis (Strand, 1909) Acanthofrontia lithosiana Hampson, 1910 - type species

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