Afroarctia
Sign in to saveAfroarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1978. The moths occur in the Afrotropics.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Afroarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1978. The moths occur in the Afrotropics.
==Species== Afroarctia bergeri Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia dargei (Toulgoët, 1976) Afroarctia histrionica Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933) Afroarctia mamfei Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia nebulosa Toulgoët, 1980 Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1899 [1900])
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