Afromurzinia

Afromurzinia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae and found in the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Patrick G. Haynes in 2008.

Afromurzinia
Translucent Ermine (Spilosoma lutescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Afromurzinia
Dubatolov & Haynes, 2008
Type species
Spilosoma lutescens
Walker, 1855

Species

References

  • Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Haynes, Patrick G. (2008). "Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera 1. New genera from the late Prof. V.S. Murzin's collection (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 39 (1-4): 356-366.


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