Amerila vitrea

Amerila vitrea is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Carl Plötz in 1880. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Amerila vitrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. vitrea
Binomial name
Amerila vitrea
Plötz, 1880
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria vitrea
  • Pelochyta vidua Saalmüller, 1884 (nec Cramer, 1779)
  • Rhodogastria saalmuelleri Rothschild, 1911

Subspecies
  • Amerila vitrea vitrea
  • Amerila vitrea saalmuelleri (Rothschild, 1911) (the Comoros and Madagascar)

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.


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