Afrospilarctia dissimilis
Afrospilarctia dissimilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.[1]
| Afrospilarctia dissimilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Afrospilarctia |
| Species: | A. dissimilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrospilarctia dissimilis (Distant, 1897) | |
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The larvae feed on Vernonia gerrardi.
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afrospilarctia dissimilis (Distant, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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