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Afrophyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Oenochrominae
Genus:	Afrophyla Warren, 1895
Species:	A. vethi
Binomial name
Afrophyla vethi (Snellen, 1886)
Synonyms
Afrophyla dichordata Warren, 1895

Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.

It has one subspecies, Afrophyla vethi meloui Prout, 1930, which is found in Madagascar.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Afrophyla​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
2. Savela, Markku. "Afrophyla Warren, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Afrophyla​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Afrophyla vethi ssp. meloui​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

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