Amerila brunnea

Amerila brunnea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

Amerila brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Amerila
Species:
A. brunnea
Binomial name
Amerila brunnea
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria brunnea Hampson, 1901
  • Rhodogastria subvitrea Bartel, 1903

Subspecies
  • Amerila brunnea brunnea
  • Amerila brunnea bipartitoides Häuser & Boppre, 1997 (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.


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