Amerila fennia
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. fennia
Binomial name
Amerila fennia
(H. Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Pelochyta fennia H. Druce, 1887
  • Rhodogastria metasarca Hampson, 1911

Amerila fennia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, the Gambia and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Dracaena species.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 21, 2019.


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