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Afronyctemera itokina

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Species of moth

Afronyctemera itokina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

The larvae feed on Senecio species.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Afronyctemera itokina


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