Amerila rufitarsis

Amerila rufitarsis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Papua New Guinea (Umboi Island) and New Britain.[1]

Amerila rufitarsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Amerila
Species:
A. rufitarsis
Binomial name
Amerila rufitarsis
(Rothschild, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria rufitarsis Rothschild, 1917

References
  1. Dubatolov, V.V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
  • Rothschild, W., 1917: Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. Novitates Zoologicae 24 (3): 475-492.


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