Afronyctemera itokina

Afronyctemera itokina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[1]

Afronyctemera itokina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afronyctemera
Species:
A. itokina
Binomial name
Afronyctemera itokina
(Aurivillius, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Deilemera itokina Aurivillius, 1904
  • Nyctemera itokina
  • Deilemera marcida Swinhoe, 1906
  • Deilemera camerunica Strand, 1909
  • Deilemera plana Wichgraf, 1921

The larvae feed on Senecio species.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2019.


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