Amerila puella

Amerila puella is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[1]

Amerila puella
Amerila puella rothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Amerila
Species:
A. puella
Binomial name
Amerila puella
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Noctua puella Fabricius, 1793
  • Amerila puella
  • Rhodogastria carneola Hampson, 1916
  • Amerila carneola
  • Rhodogastria carneola nigricornis Debauche, 1938
  • Amerila invidua Bethune-Baker, 1925 (Manuscript name)
  • Rhodogastria rothi Rothschild, 1910
  • Amerila rothi
  • Rhodogastria uniformis Berio, 1935

Subspecies
  • Amerila puella puella (Guinea, Principe Island)
  • Amerila puella carneola (Hampson, 1916) (Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaire and East Africa from Ethiopia to Uganda and Tanzania)
  • Amerila puella invidua (Bethune-Baker, 1925) (West Africa from Senegal to Ivory Coast)
  • Amerila puella rothi (Rothschild, 1910) (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, West Africa: southern Nigeria and Cameroon)

References
  1. Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Afrotropics Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine


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