Ametropalpis vidua

Ametropalpis vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Catocalinae
Genus:	Ametropalpis
Species:	A. vidua
Binomial name
	Ametropalpis vidua; (Holland, 1894)
Synonyms
	Eugorna vidua Holland, 1894; Dichromia vidua (Holland, 1894);

Ametropalpis vidua is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1894. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Rwanda and Uganda.[1]

The classification of this moth is disputed. Robert W. Poole (1989) treats it as a synonym of Ametropalpis though Martin Lödl (1996) excluded this species from Ametropalpis and Hypeninae and transferred the genus to Catocalinae.

Biology

The adults have a wingspan of 49–53 mm.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichromia vidua (Holland, 1894)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
Lödl, Martin (1996). "Redescription of Eugorna vidua Holland, 1894 and transfer to the subfamily Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 48: 3-8.

External links

"Ametropalpis vidua, (Holland, 1894)" African Moths. Archived August 22, 2014. With image.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichromia vidua (Holland, 1894)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[2] Lödl, Martin (1996). "Redescription of Eugorna vidua Holland, 1894 and transfer to the subfamily Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 48: 3-8.